SUBJECT PRONOUNS PLURAL SINGULAR 1st PERSON: WE=NOUS 1st PERSON: I=JE IN FRENCH, THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS ARE JUST LIKE ENGLISH PLURAL 1st PERSON: WE=NOUS 2nd PERSON: YOU(all)=VOUS 3rd PERSON: THEY=ILS or ELLES SINGULAR 1st PERSON: I=JE 2nd PERSON: YOU=TU 3rd PERSON: HE/SHE/IT/ONE=IL, ELLE,ON.
CHANGING NAMES/NOUNS TO PRONOUNS IN FRENCH When you have names or nouns as the subject of a sentence & you want to change it to a pronoun, you must look at the names, see if they’re masculine/feminine or plural and then choose the correct pronoun!
FOR EXAMPLE: MARC aime la pizza. Mark is one guy, so you choose HE or IL. Il aime la pizza. MARC & PAUL aiment la pizza. 2 guys, choose THEY or ILS. Ils aiment la pizza. MARC, PAUL & MARIE. 2 guys/1 girl-still choose THEY & ILS. MARIE & SOPHIE. 2 girls-Choose ELLES
MORE PRONOUNS: What if it said MARC & MOI? Mark and I? You would choose WE=NOUS! And if it said: MARC & TOI? Mark and you? Or PAUL & VOUS? Paul and you? You’re speaking to more than one YOU now, so you choose YOU ALL or VOUS!
Practice time! Choose the correct pronoun in lieu of noun or name. Louise _______ Jean-Claude & Marcel________ Isabelle et moi _________ Anne et nous __________ L’oncle ______ La prof et Michelle _______ Ma tante et Mon oncle ______
MORE PRACTICE! Pauline et moi, _______ Marc et Louis, _______ Jeanne et toi, _______ Le Prof, _______ La fille, _______ Claudette & Sophie, ______