French Subject Pronouns - Pronoms sujets

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The subject of a verb is the person or thing which performs the action of that verb:

   Tom travaille.
   Tom is working.

   Mes parents habitent en Espagne.
   My parents live in Spain.

   La voiture ne veut pas démarrer.
   The car won't start.

Subject pronouns replace this person or thing:

   Il travaille.
   He is working.

   Ils habitent en Espagne.
   They live in Spain.

   Elle ne veut pas démarrer.
   It won't start.

When studying French, you must understand subject pronouns before you can begin learning how to conjugate verbs, because the forms of verbs change for each subject pronoun.

Click the pronouns in this table to hear each one pronounced, and then follow the links below for detailed information about how to use each one.

French subject pronouns:

Singular
   1st person  je  I
   2nd person  tu  you
   3rd person  il  he, it    elle  she, it    on  one

Plural
   1st person  nous  we
   2nd person  vous  you
   3rd person  ils  they (m)    elles  they (f)