Pronoms sujets Subject Pronouns

Pronoms sujets

Subject Pronouns

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing which performs the action.

Subject pronouns replace this person or thing.

•You must understand subject pronouns before you begin conjugating verbs, as the forms of verbs change for each one.

Les Pronoms sujets

• Singular :

• 1st I = JE OR j’

• 2nd You = TU

• 3rd HE / SHE = IL / ELLE

•I > JE OR j’ ( IF THE VERB START WITH A VOWEL OR AN H): j’AI JE SUIS

•YOU> TU ( WITH TU, THE VERB ALWAYS TAKE AN ‘s’ AT THE END AND IT IS ALWAYS SILeNT) TU ES, TU AS

•HE> IL ( IN FRENCH EVERY OBJECT AS A GENDER, MASCULIN OR FEMININ, SO YOU CAN REPLACE “UN HOTEL”BY “IL” BECAUSE HOTEL IS MASCULIN

•SHE> ELLE ( YOU CAN REPLACE “ UNE BANQUE “ BY “ELLE” BECAUSE BANK IS FEMININ

IT> IN FRENCHG, WE DON’T HAVE THE SUBJECT PRONOUN “IT”, BU WE USE “IL” AND “ELLE” DEPENDING ON THE GENDER OF THE WORD

•It

ON •On is the indefinite pronoun. Its English equivalents can be :

we          We're going out tonight. - On va sortir ce soir

Les Pronoms sujets •PLURAL:•1ST WE : NOUS

•2ND YOU (YALL) : VOUS

•3RD THEY : ILS, ELLES

WE : NOUS•“ NOUS” IS THE FORMAL WAY TO SAY “WE” BUT WE CAN ALSO USE ‘ON”•WITH “NOUS” THE VERB ALWAYS FINISH WITH “ONS”

YOU > VOUS•Vous is use for the formal and the polite way , and also to talk about a group of people•With ‘vous” the verb always finish with “ez”•It’s easy

They / ils elles•We have two way to say they in french•If it is a group of male or masculin object, we use ‘Ils’•If it is a group of female or feminin object, we use ‘elles’•Now if you have one male and 200 females•We say “ils”•Sorry!!!!

Nous allons faire un premier exercice avec des pronoms sujets

• TU AS un sac?

• EST-IL italien?

• Savez-vous votre leçon?

• Nous allons à Rome en bus?

• ELLES partent pour Paris à 19 heures.  • JE JOUE au tennis?