Verbs Pronouns
French: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 4.4.2
Verbs Pronouns
Subject pronouns
- Subject pronouns are words like 'I', 'you' or 'he' that show who is doing the action.
Singular subject pronouns (1/2)
- je – I
- j’ if the verb starts with a vowel
- tu – you (singular – when talking to one person)
Singular subject pronouns (2/2)
- il – he / it (for a male person or a masculine noun)
- elle – she / it (for a female person or a feminine noun)
- on – one (this means ‘everyone’ or sometimes ‘we’ in French)
- We don’t use ‘one’ much in English.
Plural subject pronouns
- nous – we
- vous – you (plural – when talking to more than one person)
- ils – they (for a group of male people, masculine nouns, or a mixed group)
- elles – they (for a group of female people or feminine nouns)
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