French Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives in French


Subject Pronouns
*Like English, there are pronouns to replace proper nouns. The subject pronouns are
as follows:


Je = I
Tu = You
Il = He
Elle = She
Nous = We
Vous = You (formal)
Ils = They
Elles = They

These are the pronouns that replace people. As you can see, two pronouns exist for
‘They’. The reason for this is that they represent different things. Ils refers to two or
more men while Elles refers to two or more women. When referring to men and
women, you use Ils and Elles.



Direct Object Pronouns
*Direct Object Pronouns are used to replace direct objects. A direct object is the
person or thing receiving the action of the verb. For example: Elle lit le roman (She
reads the novel) can be changed to Elle lit le. (She reads it.)

These are the Direct Object pronouns

Me = Me (singular)
M’ = Me (singular + vowel)
Nous = Us (plural)
Te = You (singular)
T’ = You (singular + vowel)
Le = Him (singular)
Le = Her (singular)
L’ = It (singular)
Les = Them (plural)