French Pronouns

This page contains a table including the following: French pronouns. You will have work to do to memorize the way they're used, at first, but once you will have understood the rules about the genra/plural forms, you will master them. They're very important in communication, and you will need them each time you will want to precise the subject of your idea or to differenciate things between each over, etc. Make sure to check our Learn Frenchpage, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.

Personal Pronoun

Number	Personne	Genre	Nominative (Subject)	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative (à)	Genitive (de)	Tonic
Singular	1^re	—	I je, j’	Me/myself me, m’			—	—	Me moi
	2^e	—	You tu	You/yourself te, t’			—	—	You toi
	3^e	Masculine	He il	se, s’	Him/it le, l’	Him/her/It lui	There y	en	Him lui
		Feminine	She elle		Her/it la, l’	Him/her/It lui	There y	en	Her elle
		—	One/it on		—	—	—	—	Self/oneself soi
Plural	1^re	—	We nous	Us/ourselves nous			—	—	Us nous
	2^e	—	You vous*	You/yourselves vous*			—	—	You vous*
	3^e	Masculine	They ils**	Themselves se, s’	Them les	Them/ its leur	There y	en	Them eux
	3^e	Feminine	THey elles	Themselves se, s’	Them les	Them/ its leur	There y	en	Them elles

*Also used at the singular form to mark politness.
**Used both for a group of masculine subjects or a mixed group of masculine and feminine subjects.

Demonstratives pronouns

To indicate an living being or an object by pointing at it (litteraly or not) you use these pronouns.

Demonstratives pronouns

		Singular Neutral	Singular		Plural
		Singular Neutral	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Complete	Neutre	This ce That, It cela, ça	Those celui-là	celle-là	Those ceux-là	celles-là
Complete	Proximal	This ceci	This celui-ci	celle-ci	These ceux-ci	celles-ci
Incomplete			The one celui	celle	They ceux	celles

In general, we use the pronoun ce as a subject with the verb « To be /être » and ça ou cela with the other verbs.

Possessives pronouns

			Owned
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessive	Singular	1^reperson Mine	le mien	la mienne	les miens	les miennes
		2^eperson Your	le tien	la tienne	les tiens	les tiennes
		3^eperson His/her	le sien	la sienne	les siens	les siennes
	Plural	1^reperson Our	le nôtre	la nôtre	les nôtres
		2^eperson Your	le vôtre*	la vôtre*	les vôtres*
		3^eperson Their	le leur	la leur	les leurs

* Also used in the singular form to mark politeness.

Relative pronouns

	Neutral		Singular		Plural
	Human	Animal or Object	Masculin	Féminin	Masculin	Féminin
Nominative	Who/that/which qui		Who lequel	laquelle	lesquels	lesquelles
Accusative	that que		Who lequel	laquelle	lesquels	lesquelles
Dative	To who/to… à qui	To what à quoi	Who auquel	à laquelle	auxquels	auxquelles
Génitive	Of which/ Whom de qui, dont	Whose de quoi, dont	Which duquel	de laquelle	dersquels	desquelles

Il est à noter que c’est le cas qui sépare les pronoms relatifs qui et que tandis que c’est l’humanité qui sépare qui et quoi.

Interogatives and inderteminate pronouns Pronoms interrogatifs et indéfinis

	Déterminant	Pronoun			Adverb
	Déterminant	Humain	Non humain	Sélection	Locatif	Temps
Interrogative	quel	qui	quoi	lequel	où	quand
Universal	tout	tout le monde	tout	tous	partout	toujours
Universal	chaque	chacun	chaque chose	chacun		chaque fois
Existential	quelque	quelqu’un	quelque chose	un	quelque part	un jour
Other	un autre	autrui	autre chose	un autre	ailleurs
Libre choix	n’importe quel	n’importe qui	n’importe quoi	n’importe lequel	n’importe où	n’importe quand
Négative	aucun	personne	rien	aucun	nulle part	jamais
Unknown	je ne sais quel on ne sait quel Dieu sait quel	je ne sais qui on ne sait qui Dieu sait qui	je ne sais quoi on ne sait quoi Dieu sait quoi	je ne sais lequel on ne sait lequel Dieu sait lequel	je ne sais où on ne sait où Dieu sait où	je ne sais quand on ne sait quand Dieu sait quand
Concessive	quelque … que ce soit	qui que ce soit	quoi que ce soit	lequel que ce soit	où que ce soit	quand que ce soit

Pronoun to distinct something from a group :



		Singular	Plural
First		l’un	les uns
Second	Not exhaustive	un autre	d’autres
Second	Exhaustive	l’autre	les autres

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