French Pronouns

Pronouns

Pronouns are a big part of what you will do in French

Subject Pronouns

PronounTranslationPronunciation
jeIzhe
tuYou (informal)to
ilHeill
elleSheel
nousWenu
vousYou (formal/plural)vhu
ilsThey (masculine)ill
ellesThey (feminine)el

Subject pronouns are the backbone of your journey in Frenh. You are always going to be referring to someone or something.

Object Pronouns

In French, there are pronouns that directly or indirectly refer to an object.

Direct Object Pronouns

Direct PronuonUsageMeaning
jeme / m'
tute / t'
ille / l'
ellela / l'
nousnous
vousvous
ils/ellesles

The "on" pronoun

On is used to mean we/they, but it is conjugated in the 3rd person singular (il/elle) form of the verb.

Examples

On est; On a; On va

  • On va où means the same as Nous allons où