French Impersonal Pronouns

What are impersonal pronouns? These aren't as cold as they sound - "impersonal" here simply means that, unlike personal pronouns, these pronouns do not change according to grammatical person. However, some of them change to agree in gender and number with the noun that they replace. For details, click the name to read the lesson on that type of pronoun.

Adverbials (y, en) replace à + noun or de + noun

Demonstratives (celui, celle, ceux, celles) refer to a previously mentioned noun

Indefinite Demonstratives (ce, ceci, cela, ça) have no specific antecedent

Indefinites (autre, certain, plusieurs...) are unspecific

Interrogatives (qui, que, lequel) ask who, what, or which one

Negatives (ne __ personne, ne __ rien...) negate the noun that they replace

Possessives (mien, tien, sien...) replace possessive adjective + noun

Relatives (qui, que, dont...) link clauses

Indefinite Relatives (ce qui, ce que, ce dont...) link clauses but are unspecific


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   Personal pronouns
   Impersonal pronouns
   Alphabetical list of all pronouns

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