Direct Object Pronouns in French
In French there are subject pronouns and object pronouns.
Subject pronouns replace people or things and function as a subject of the verb. Object pronouns replace people or things and function as direct or indirect objects of the verb. They are absorbed by the verb's action.
|
Sujet (subject) |
Objet (object) |
|
je |
me me |
|
tu |
te you |
|
il |
le him |
|
elle |
la her |
|
ça |
ça it |
|
nous |
nous us |
|
vous |
vous you |
|
ils |
les them (masculine plural) |
|
elles |
les them (feminine plural) |
F Examples:
|
Sujet/ Subject |
English |
Objet direct |
English |
|
Je tolère mes voisins |
I respect my my neighbours |
Ils me tolèrent. |
They respect me |
|
Tu aimes ton frère |
You love your brother |
Il t'aime aussi. |
He loves you |
|
Nous aimons notre grand-père |
We love our grand father |
Ils nous aime. |
He loves us |
|
Il tolère les gens dans la rue |
He respect people in the street |
Les gens le tolèrent |
People respect him |
|
Elle respecte ses collègues |
She respects her colleagues |
Ses collègues la respectent |
Her colleagues respect her |
|
On respecte les personnes âgées |
We respect elderly people / Elderly people are respected |
Elle nous respecte |
They respect us as |
|
Ça ne se fait pas. |
It is not to be done |
On ne fait pas ça |
We don't do that |
|
Nous respectons les policiers. |
We respect police officers |
Ils nous respectent |
They respect us |
|
Vous respectez votre mère, n'est-ce pas? |
You respect your mother, don't you? |
Elle vous respectent |
She respects you |
|
Ils respectent leur patron |
They respect their boss |
Il les respecte |
He respects them |
|
Elles aiment leur chat |
They love their cat |
Il les aiment |
He/it loves them |
Note:
F In French, the direct object pronouns are placed before the verb:
- Je t'aime = I love you
- nous, vous and ça (We, you and it) don't change form
- on doesn't have an object. Sometimes Nous is used instead
- me, te and la change to m' t' and l’ before a vowel