Object Pronouns
| Subject |
Direct
Object |
Indirect Object |
Disjunctives |
| je |
I |
me
(muh) |
me |
me |
to me |
moi (mwah) |
me |
| tu |
you |
te (tuh) |
you |
te |
to you |
toi (twah) |
you |
| il |
he |
le |
him |
lui (lwee) |
to him |
lui |
him |
| elle |
she |
la |
her |
lui |
to her |
elle |
her |
| nous |
we |
nous |
us |
nous |
to us |
nous |
us |
| vous |
you |
vous |
you |
vous |
to you |
vous |
you |
| ils |
they |
les |
them |
leur |
to them |
eux (uh) |
them |
| elles |
they |
les |
them |
leur |
to them |
elles |
them |
Note:
You have already
learned the subject pronouns.
They go before the
conjugated verb forms.
The Direct and Indirect
Object pronouns go before
the verb even though in
English they go after
it. They also go
after the ne in
a negative sentence and
right before the verb.
The disjunctive always
go after prepositions,
or can be used alone for
emphasis.
Sample
Sentences:
| I buy some pants. |
J'achète des
pantalons. |
| I buy them. |
Je les achète. |
| I give the box
to you. |
Je vous
donne la boîte. |
| I give it to
you. |
Je vous la
donne. |
| After you. (familiar) |
Après toi. |
| We go with her. |
Nous allons
avec elle. |
| He doesn't leave
her. |
Il ne la
part pas. |
| He leaves her. |
Il la part. |
| I love you. |
Je t'aime.
or Je
vous aime. |
| She doesn't
love him. |
Elle ne l'aime
pas. |
Note:
When you have more
than one pronoun; me,
te, nous, or vous
come first, then le,
la, or les,
then lui or leur.
Me, te, le, and
la contract to m',
t', and l' when
they precede a vowel,
the same way je does.
In commands, the
pronouns go after the
verb, connected with a
hyphen. And the
pronoun order changes
a little too: Le,
la, or les come
first; then moi, toi,
(Me and te become
moi and toi in commands)
nous, or vous;
then lui, or
leur.
If you have
pronouns, they go
before the complete verb
in regular sentences;
but after the ne
and before the form of
avoir in negative
sentences.
| Nous lui
avons parlé. |
We spoke to
him/her. |
| Vous en
avez écouté trois. |
You've listened
to three of them. |
| Je t'ai
demandé du pain. |
I asked you
for some bread. |
| Il ne l'a
pas aimé. |
He didn't like
it/her/him. |
| Tu n'y
as pas habité. |
You didn't live
there. |
| Je ne vous
ai pas parlé. |
I didn't speak
(or haven't spoken) to you. |
| Nous ne l'avons
pas fini. |
We didn't finish
(or haven't finished)
it. |
In the passé
composé with avoir,
direct object pronouns
only must agree in
gender and number with
the past participle.
| Je les
ai aimés. |
I liked them. |
| Il l'a
regardée. |
He watched her. |
| Elles nous
ont écouté(e)s. |
They listened
to us. |
Note: Add
an e if the pronoun
is feminine, and an s
if it is plural. The
l' could mean him
or her, so you might
not need to put the extra
e on the past participle.
The same for nous
and vous. They must
have an s because
they are plural, but it
is unclear as to whether
they are masculine or
feminine.
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