Shikha Ullah

Just so you know, French pronouns work essentially the same as English pronouns; words that are used to refer to people, places, objects, and phrases.

Like English or Malay pronouns, French pronouns (les pronoms) have several different categories, such as personal pronouns, relative pronouns, object pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns. In today’s blog, we’ll look at some of these pronouns along with their examples and ways of using them in daily speech.

In French, personal pronouns often refer to ‘Subject Pronouns’ (Pronoms Sujets), or in this case, ‘Personal Subject Pronouns.’

Subject pronouns refer to the person or entity performing the action (verb) in a sentence. The subject pronoun used in French is as the following:

As you can see, the subject pronoun for I has two versions, je, and j’. You can normally use the first-person pronoun je to refer to yourself.

Tu and vous both mean the second-person pronoun you, but they differ in terms of formality and the number of interlocutors. Tu is used with the person you are close to and comfortable with, such as your friends, colleagues, and family. But then, like nous, vous, is used in a rather formal setting. It’s often used to refer to one’s superior, any authority, the elderly, or a stranger. Also, the French pronoun vous is used when you want to address more than one person (plural).

In French, you use elle and il to represent the third-person pronouns she and he.

The pronoun ‘it’ in English is special and specific, but that is not the case in French. As French is a gendered language, every object, item, or animal is referred to using the pronouns elle and il as well, depending on its gender. So the pronoun for the book (le livre) becomes il, and the apple (la pomme) becomes elle.So, altogether,

Tu aimes ces chaussures ?  Non, elles sont affreuses (Do you like those shoes? No, they‘re horrible)

In French, the first-person plural pronoun we are known as nous, and you can use it exactly like how you use the pronoun ‘we’. In general, the French people use this pronoun formally, in a professional, standard-setting.

Nous habitons à Paris = We live in Paris

Quand pouvons-nous commencer?= When can we begin?

However, the pronoun on is quite special in French – it’s also used in reference to someone, they, or people in general.

On m’a volé mon porte-monnaie = Someone has stolen my purse

Object pronouns are the pronouns you use to refer to an object. In French, there are two types of this category; direct and indirect.

This type of pronoun is called Compléments D’objet Direct (COD) in French. You use it to replace the person, animal, or object that receives the action (verb) performed in a sentence. So, instead of repeating someone’s name, such as “Alice is at the shop, I see Alice,” one can use an object pronoun.

So, you can use the object pronoun la to refer to Alice.

Also, in French, the object pronoun is placed before the verb.

In French, the indirect category is known as Compléments D’objet Indirect (COI). An indirect object is a person or animate noun that receives the action performed by the subject indirectly. Let’s look at the indirect objects of these sentences:

From the examples, the indirect object can be found through the question “for whom or to whom?”

Important tip! Make sure you don’t get confused between direct and indirect objects! The direct object in the above examples are flowers and it; it’s the objects associated with the verb or action performed by the doer or subject. Remember, as previously mentioned, that the indirect object is the person receiving the act performed by the doer.

In the French language, relative pronouns are called les pronoms relatifs. The function of relative pronouns is to replace nouns or pronouns so that you don’t have to repetitively state the subjects and objects in your speech. You may have well understood the English relative pronouns, which are who, which, that, whom, and where. Yup, we often use these pronouns in our sentences. Well, French relative pronouns work more or less the same. The French relative pronouns are:

Each of these pronouns can indicate a person, thing, animal, or concept. These two pronouns are invariable; the gender and number of the nouns que and qui intend to replace won’t matter in this case. So, what’s the difference between the two? Qui is used to replace the subject and corresponds to the English, while que is for the direct object.

Dont in French is the equivalent of whose, whom, of which, and that (which we usually drop or omit in English). If you want to refer to someone’s belongings or possessions, use the relative pronoun dont. Also, in French, one more function of dont you need to know is that this relative pronoun replaces the French preposition de + person/thing.

The demonstrative nouns in French called Pronoms Démonstratifs are used to point or refer to specific objects. The demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those.

The singular demonstrative pronouns celui and celle both carry the meaning of this and that. The same goes for its plural form – the plural demonstrative pronouns ceux and celles both signify these and those.

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