French pronouns

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Personal pronouns

The polite second person is identical to the second person plural. For more information on that, see Politeness in language and French politeness.

In the third person plural, the feminine pronouns is used to refer to an exclusively feminine group, the masculine pronouns for masculine or mixed groups.

	subjective	direct object	indirect object	reflexive	stressed
1 sg	je	me	me	me	moi
2 sg	tu	te	te	te	toi
3 sg [m]	il	le	lui	se	lui
3 sg [f]	elle	la	lui	se	elle
1 pl	nous	nous	nous	nous	nous
2 pl	vous	vous	vous	vous	vous
3 pl [m]	ils	les	leur	se	eux
3 pl [f]	elles	les	leur	se	elles

Pronouns are stressed in French by first using the stressed pronoun, followed by the subject:

• Moi, je pense que... [I think that...]

Note that the 'stressed pronouns' are also used after a preposition:

• Il marche vers moi [He walks towards me]

Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns depend on the number and gender of the possessed object, but not on the gender of the possessor:

sa mère = his/her mother

son père = his/her father

<td>mes</td> <tr> <th>2 sg</th> <td>ton</th> <td>ta *</td> <td>tes</td> </tr> <tr> <th>3 sg</th> <td>son</th> <td>sa *</td> <td>ses</td> </tr> <tr> <th>1 pl</th> <td>notre</th> <td>notre</td> <td>nos</td> </tr> <tr> <th>2 pl</th> <td>votre</th> <td>votre</td> <td>vos</td> </tr> <tr> <th>3 pl</th> <td>leur</th> <td>leur</td> <td>leurs</td> </tr> </table> * In front of a vowel or a silent H, the masculine form is used for ease of pronunciation.
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	masculine	feminine	plural
1 sg	mon</th> <td>ma *