French Phrases: French pronouns

Subject Pronouns and common verb forms

Subject pronouns are the words like I, he in English that generally represent the 'person doing the action' in a sentence. See below for other types of pronoun.

je	ʒə, ʒ, ʃ	I
tu	ty	you (singular, familiar)
il	il	he
elle	ɛl	she
on	õ	we
nous	nu	we
vous	vu	you (plural or polite)
ils	il	they (masculine)
elles	ɛl	they (feminine)
ça	sa	it, that

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Here are some common verb forms using these subject pronouns:

je suis	ʒə sɥi, ʃɥi	I am, I'm
tu es	tye	you are, you're
t'es (Informal)	te	you're
il est	ile	he is, he's
elle est	ɛle	she is, she's
c'est	se	it is, it's
nous sommes	nu sɔm	we are
vous êtes	vu zɛt	you are
ils sont	i(l)sõ	they are, they're (masculine)
elles sont	ɛlsõ	they are, they're (feminine)

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Other types of pronoun

There are other pronouns that 'stand in for' a person or noun with functions other than the subject of the sentence. For example, in English, words like he, I can't be used in cases such as: with he, he saw I. Instead, we use the pronouns him and me. Similarly, French has object pronouns used in similar circumstances.

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