Pronoms Pronoms AccentuésAccentués

Stressed PronounsStressed Pronouns

PronounsPronouns First of all, let’s take a look at words in First of all, let’s take a look at words in

French.French. There are two kinds of words. Le words and There are two kinds of words. Le words and

La words.La words.

The La words can be replaced by “elle”The La words can be replaced by “elle”

The Le words can be replaced by “il”The Le words can be replaced by “il”

PronounsPronouns Les wordsLes words

Les words are more than one “le” word or “la” Les words are more than one “le” word or “la” wordword

LeLe pupitre+ another pupitre+ another le le pupitre= les pupitrespupitre= les pupitres

La La chaise + another chaise + another lala chaise = les chaises chaise = les chaises

Notice when there’s only one, its still a le or la Notice when there’s only one, its still a le or la word. Be sure you know which one is a le word word. Be sure you know which one is a le word when there’s only one and which one is a la when there’s only one and which one is a la word when there’s only one.word when there’s only one.

Les WordsLes Words Les words can be replaced by ‘ils’ or ‘elles’Les words can be replaced by ‘ils’ or ‘elles’

Ils is if the word is originally a le wordIls is if the word is originally a le word

Elles is if the word is originally a la wordElles is if the word is originally a la word

What If You have a Le What If You have a Le word and a la word word and a la word

together??together?? Le pupitre+ la porte would be replaced by Le pupitre+ la porte would be replaced by

“ils”“ils”

Le garcon + la fille would be replaced by “ils”Le garcon + la fille would be replaced by “ils”

A few moreA few more If you are talking about yourself or if you see a If you are talking about yourself or if you see a

“moi,” replace it with “je”“moi,” replace it with “je”

If you are talking about you and someone else If you are talking about you and someone else (we) or if you see an “et moi,” You are going to (we) or if you see an “et moi,” You are going to use “nous”use “nous”

If you are talking about someone else and the If you are talking about someone else and the person you are talking about “you guys,” you person you are talking about “you guys,” you use “vous”use “vous”

A second way to see “we “ is “on”A second way to see “we “ is “on”

Now that we know how to replace words

What happens if it is at the end of the sentence? Richard and I

Monique and you

Jérome and us

Dominique and you guys

Marc, Mélissa, and them

JE In english, you notice that the first sentence

is not « Richard and me. » We change it to « Richard and I »

The same thing happens in French. In stead of « Richard et Je  » - THIS DOES NOT

WORK IN FRENCH

It becomes « Richard et MOI »

Tu In english, you do not say « Richard and

you, » but « you and Richard. » If you say it the other way, it sounds wrong.

In French, we do not say « Richard et tu. » NEVER SAY THIS TO A FRENCH PERSON

We say « Richard et toi » Tu becomes toi

IL/ELLE In english, we do not say « Richard and he »

or « Richard and she » We say « Richard and him » or « Richard and

her »

In French, we do the same. If Il/ elle is not followed by a verb (at this point, we will only be dealing with etre), it becomes LUI Richard and lui (Richard and him)

Nous stays the same

Vous stays the same

Ils/ Elles In english, we do not say « I and they »

It is « I and them »

In French, we use eux instead of ils or elles « Je et eux »

Write these out Richard and I

Joe and you

They(le) and him

You (pl) and her

Me and they (le)

You and they (la)

How do you use this

Stressed Pronouns can be used when

You want to emphasize something I, I want ice cream

Moi, Je veux de la glace

If you’re talking about something after these words: sous, sur, dans, devant, derrière, et, à coté de, près de (near), loin de (far from), à (at/to), and de (from).

Take a marker board The first person to correctly translate the

following expressions into French on their marker board and hold it up gets class money.

Luc is next to her

Matthew and I

Richard and them (la)

Joe is behind her

Nichole is in front of you

Kim is next to them.

Marie is near me

Paul is far from me

The stapler is in front of him

The pens are behind them

The chair is behind you

Let’s Add on Another Piece

The blue chair is in front of you

The short boy is next to him.

The green pencil case is far from me

The blond girl is behind me.

The selfish sister is behind him

The french friend (le) is under it (le).

The red school is far from her.

The energetic student is close to me

The american boy is next to you (pl).

The funny student is behind them

The popular middle school is behind them.