LFC: Stress Pronouns

Stress Pronouns

By now you are familiar with the subject pronouns in French.

These are the pronouns we use in the subjects of sentences. See the table below.

Pronouns
singular pronouns plural pronous
1st person je nous
2nd person tu vous
3rd person il, elle, on ils, elles

 

We can also use stress pronouns to put the emphasis on a particular person.

Stress Pronouns
Stress Pronouns
je moi
tu toi
il lui
elle elle
nous nous
vous vous
ils eux
elles  elles

Look at the following examples:

Stress Pronoun Examples

Stress Pronoun Examples

French

English
  • Qui aime le chocolat ?
  • MOI ! J'aime le chocolat !
  • Who likes chocolate?
  • ME! I like chocolate!
  • Qui m'appelle ?
  • Lui ! Il t'appelle !
  • Who is calling me?
  • Him! He is calling you!

Listen to the stress pronouns:

In addition to being used for emphasis, there are some words that are always followed by stress pronouns.

Example: chez

Example: chez

House

chez =   à la maison   = at home

Je suis à la maison.

Je suis chez moi.

Tu es à la maison.

Tu es chez toi.

Ils sont à la maison.

Ils sont chez eux.

Here are some other terms that are followed by stress pronouns.

  • pour - for
  • de - from
  • avec - with

Stress Pronoun Examples

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