Subject pronouns refer to the subject of the verb.
| Singular | Plural |
| je (j') | nous (we) |
| tu (you [familiar]) | vous (you [formal]) vous (you, plural) |
| il (he) | ils (they, masculine) |
| elle (she) | elles (they, feminine) |
| on (one, someone, you, we, they) |
Notes:
On (one) is often used in place of nous.
Chez nous, on mange du pain tous les
jours.
(At home, we eat bread every day.)
Il (he) can also be used as an impersonal pronoun in certain expressions:
Il faut manger pour vivre.
(One needs to eat to live.)
To reinforce the subject pronoun (for emphasis), disjunctive (prepositional) pronouns may be used:
Moi, je dois partir immediatement.
(As for me, I must leave immediately.)
When two subject pronouns are linked by et (and) or ou (or), two disjunctive (prepositional) pronouns are used.
Lui et moi irons à Paris.
(He and I will go to Paris.)
With the verb être, c' (elided ce) often replaces it, he, she:
C'est un ami.
(He is a friend.)
In comparisons, after expressions such as plus ...que (more than), moins... que (less than), aussi...que (as...as), the prepositional pronoun is used:
Ma soeur est plus
gentille que toi.
(My sister is nicer than you are.)
Vous êtes aussi drôles
qu'eux.
(You are as funny as they are.)
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