Disjunctive pronouns are: moi (me), toi (you, fam.), lui (him/it), elle (she/it), nous (us), vous (you, sing. Formal, or you pl.), eux (them, masc. pl.), elles (them, fem. pl.). They are used:
After a preposition:
Adressez-vous à eux.
(Speak to them.)
As an emphatic reinforcement to the corresponding subject pronoun:
Nous, nous sommes certains
que vous avez raison.
(As for us, we are certain that you are right.)
To replace the corresponding subject pronoun in constructions involving a coordinating conjunction: et (and), mais (but), ni (neither/nor), ou (or):
Ni vous ni moi ne savons rien
de cette histoire.
(Neither you nor I know anything about this matter.)
In reply to a question:
Qui a pris ma voiture? Moi! Je devais aller à
la banque.
(Who took my car? Me! I had to go to the bank.)
To indicate possession with à if the verb is être and the subject is a noun, a personal or demonstrative pronoun:
Ce parapluie est à moi. Il est à
moi.
(This umbrella is mine. It is mine.)
Used after c'est and c'était (referring to things as well as people):
C'est moi.
(It's me.)
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