French Stress pronouns

1. PronomsPronoms
AccentuésAccentués
Stressed PronounsStressed Pronouns

2. PronounsPronouns
 First of all, let’s take a look at words in French.First of all, let’s take a look at words in French.
 There are two kinds of words. Le words and La words.There are two kinds of words. Le words and La words.
 The La words can be replaced by “elle”The La words can be replaced by “elle”
 The Le words can be replaced by “il”The Le words can be replaced by “il”

3. PronounsPronouns
 Les wordsLes words
 Les words are more than one “le” word or “la” wordLes words are more than one “le” word or “la” word
 LeLe pupitre+ anotherpupitre+ another lele pupitre= les pupitrespupitre= les pupitres
 LaLa chaise + anotherchaise + another lala chaise = les chaiseschaise = les chaises
 Notice when there’s only one, its still a le or la word. BeNotice when there’s only one, its still a le or la word. Be
sure you know which one is a le word when there’s onlysure you know which one is a le word when there’s only
one and which one is a la word when there’s only one.one and which one is a la word when there’s only one.

4. Les WordsLes Words
 Les words can be replaced by ‘ils’ or ‘elles’Les words can be replaced by ‘ils’ or ‘elles’
 Ils is if the word is originally a le wordIls is if the word is originally a le word
 Elles is if the word is originally a la wordElles is if the word is originally a la word

5. What If You have a LeWhat If You have a Le
word and a la wordword and a la word
together??together??
 Le pupitre+ la porte would be replaced by “ils”Le pupitre+ la porte would be replaced by “ils”
 Le garcon + la fille would be replaced by “ils”Le garcon + la fille would be replaced by “ils”

6. A few moreA few more
 If you are talking about yourself or if you see aIf you are talking about yourself or if you see a
“moi,” replace it with “je”“moi,” replace it with “je”
 If you are talking about you and someone else (we) orIf you are talking about you and someone else (we) or
if you see an “et moi,” You are going to use “nous”if you see an “et moi,” You are going to use “nous”
 If you are talking about someone else and the personIf you are talking about someone else and the person
you are talking about “you guys,” you use “vous”you are talking about “you guys,” you use “vous”
 A second way to see “we “ is “on”A second way to see “we “ is “on”

7. Now that we know how to
replace words
 What happens if it is at the end of the sentence?
 Richard and I
 Monique and you
 Jérome and us
 Dominique and you guys
 Marc, Mélissa, and them

8. JE
 In english, you notice that the first sentence is not
« Richard and me. »
 We change it to « Richard and I »
 The same thing happens in French.
 In stead of « Richard et Je » - THIS DOES NOT
WORK IN FRENCH
 It becomes « Richard et MOI »

9. Tu
 In english, you do not say « Richard and you, » but
« you and Richard. » If you say it the other way, it
sounds wrong.
 In French, we do not say « Richard et tu. » NEVER
SAY THIS TO A FRENCH PERSON
 We say « Richard et toi »
 Tu becomes toi

10. IL/ELLE
 In english, we do not say « Richard and he » or
« Richard and she »
 We say « Richard and him » or « Richard and her »
 In French, we do the same. If Il/ elle is not followed
by a verb (at this point, we will only be dealing with
etre), it becomes LUI
 Richard and lui (Richard and him)

11.  Nous stays the same
 Vous stays the same

12. Ils/ Elles
 In english, we do not say « I and they »
 It is « I and them »
 In French, we use eux instead of ils or elles
 « Je et eux »

13. Write these out
 Richard and I
 Joe and you
 They(le) and him
 You (pl) and her
 Me and they (le)
 You and they (la)

14. How do you use this

15. Stressed Pronouns can be
used when
 You want to emphasize something
 I, I want ice cream
 Moi, Je veux de la glace
 If you’re talking about something after these words:
sous, sur, dans, devant, derrière, et, à coté de, près de
(near), loin de (far from), à (at/to), and de (from).

16. Take a marker board
 The first person to correctly translate the following
expressions into French on their marker board and
hold it up gets class money.

17.  Luc is next to her

18.  Matthew and I

19.  Richard and them (la)

20.  Joe is behind her

21.  Nichole is in front of you

22.  Kim is next to them.

23.  Marie is near me

24.  Paul is far from me

25.  The stapler is in front of him

26.  The pens are behind them

27.  The chair is behind you

28. Let’s Add on Another
Piece

29.  The blue chair is in front of you

30.  The short boy is next to him.

31.  The green pencil case is far from me

32.  The blond girl is behind me.

33.  The selfish sister is behind him

34. The french friend (le) is under it (le).

35.  The red school is far from her.

36.  The energetic student is close to me

37.  The american boy is next to you (pl).

38.  The funny student is behind them

39.  The popular middle school is behind them.