Subject pronouns

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

• THEY ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE – THEY DO THE ACTION

IN ENGLISH

I WEYOU YOU/”Y’ALL”HE/SHE THEY

IN FRENCH

JE NOUSTU VOUSIL/ELLE ILS/ELLESON

• JE = FIRST PERSON = I

• J’aime danser = *I* like to dance.

• TU = SECOND PERSON = YOU (INFORMAL/ONE PERSON)

• TU AIMES DANSER? = DO *YOU* LIKE TO DANCE?

• IL = HE OR IT = THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

• ELLE = SHE OR IT = THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

• REMEMBER, EVERY NOUN HAS GENDER IN FRENCH. LE CRAYON, *IL* EST BLEU (THE PENCIL, IT IS BLUE). LA ROBE, ELLE EST BLEUE (THE DRESS, IT IS BLUE).

• IL AIME DANSER; ELLE AIME DANSER =

• HE LIKES TO DANCE; SHE LIKES TO DANCE.

• ON = PEOPLE IN GENERAL/ “SOMEONE” / WE CONVERSATIONALLY

• ON AIME DANSER = PEOPLE/WE LIKE TO DANCE

• NOUS = 1ST PERSON PLURAL (SOMEBODY + I = WE)

• NOUS AIMONS DANSER = *WE* LIKE TO DANCE.

• VOUS =2ND PERSON PLURAL; FORMAL= YOU/ “Y’ALL”

• VOUS AIMEZ DANSER – YOU/Y’ALL LIKE TO DANCE.

• ILS/ELLES = 3RD PERSON PLURAL = THEY

• ILS = AT LEAST ONE GUY IN THE GROUP

• ELLES = ALL GIRLS

• ILS AIMENT DANSER = THEY LIKE TO DANCE (AT LEAST ONE GUY)

• ELLES AIMENT DANSER = THEY LIKE TO DANCE = THEY LIKE TO DANCE (ALL GIRLS)

*HELPFUL HINT*

• LEARN THE SUBJECT PRONOUN IN THIS ORDER – IT WILL HELP THE VERB CONJUGATIONS WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT UNIT!!

• JE NOUS

• TU VOUS

• IL ILS

• ELLE ELLES

• ON