Introduction
Introduction
Also called personal pronouns, French subject pronouns tell you who is doing the action of a sentence.
They are especially important in French because the conjugation of verbs changes depending on the subject.
In English, subject pronouns are words such as "you", "we" and "it".
French, however, is slightly more complicated because of its use of formality. For example tu is the informal word for "you". However, in formal address the word vous, the plural, is used. So, when speaking to a social superior, such as a professor, or to a group of people, you use vous, but among friends, family or children, use tu.
They are especially important in French because the conjugation of verbs changes depending on the subject.
In English, subject pronouns are words such as "you", "we" and "it".
French, however, is slightly more complicated because of its use of formality. For example tu is the informal word for "you". However, in formal address the word vous, the plural, is used. So, when speaking to a social superior, such as a professor, or to a group of people, you use vous, but among friends, family or children, use tu.
| Singular | First-person |
je
I
|
|---|---|---|
| Second-person |
tu
you
informal
|
|
| Third-person |
il
he
it
masculine
elle
she
it
feminine
on
one
you
impersonal
|
|
| Plural | First-person |
nous
we
|
| Second-person |
vous
you all
you
formal
|
|
| Third-person |
ils
they
masculine
they
neuter
elles
they
feminine
|