French pronounsStressed pronouns

Stressed pronouns are also known as emphatic pronouns or disjunctive pronouns. They are used for either the subject or object of a sentence. They only apply to people, not things.

Common stressed pronouns

Using stressed pronouns

After à, to say who something belongs to:

• Ce portable est à moi. – This phone belongs to me.
• Ces baskets-ci sont à vous ? – Do these trainers belong to you?

After prepositions such as avec, chez, sans and pour:

• J’ai acheté un cadeau pour lui. – I bought a present for him.
• Vous venez avec nous ce soir ? – Are you coming with us this evening?

To emphasise the subject:

• Moi, je n’aime pas aller au gymnase, mais lui, il l’adore. – I don’t like going to the gym, but he loves it.
• C’est elle qui l’a fait, pas lui. – It was her that did it, not him.

In comparisons:

• Il est plus grand que toi. – He is taller than you.
• Ils ont gagné plus d’argent que nous. – They earned more money than us.

With même to mean ‘-self’:

• Il l’a fait lui-même. – He did it himself.
• Tu dois faire tes devoirs toi-même. – You have to do your homework yourself.

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