---

Other Pronouns

Direct Object Pronouns

• Nouns that directly receive the action of a verb that was initiated by the subject are called direct objects.
• Direct Object Pronouns replace the noun so that it does not have to be repeated again in a different sentence to reduce redundancy.

	Person	Pronoun	Meaning
Singular	1st	Me	Me
2nd	Te	You
3rd	Le/La	He/She/It
Plural	1st	Nous	Us
2nd	Vous	You
3rd	Les	Them

Indirect Object Pronouns

• Nouns that indirectly receive the action of a verb, usually with the help of a preposition, which was initiated by the subject are called indirect objects.
• Indirect Object Pronouns replace the noun so that it does not have to be repeated again in a different sentence to reduce redundancy.

	Person	Pronoun	Meaning
Singular	1st	Me	To/For Me
2nd	Te	To/For You
3rd	Lui	To/For He/She/It
Plural	1st	Nous	To/For Us
2nd	Vous	To/For You
3rd	Leur	To/For Them

Possessive Pronouns

• They are pronouns that possess something usually to refer to something previously that someone owns.
• Unlike in English, possessive pronouns in French have articles. 

Person	Masculine Singular	Masculine Plural	Feminine Singular	Feminine Plural	Meaning
1st Singular	Le mien	Les miens	La mienne	La miennes	Mine
2nd Singular	Le tien	Les tiens	La tienne	Les tiennes	Yours
3rd Singular	Le sien	Les siens	La sienne	Les siennes	His/Hers
1st Plural	Le nôtre	Les nôtres	La nôtre	Les nôtres	Ours
2nd Plural	Le vôtre	Les vôtres	La vôtre	Les vôtres	Yours
3rd Plural	Le leur	Les leurs	La leur	Les leurs	Theirs

Reflexive Pronouns

• They are pronouns that refers back to a person or a thing.
• Used all the time in French even when it does not refer back to a person or a thing (idiomatic).

	Person	Pronoun	Meaning
Singular	1st	Me	Myself
2nd	Te	Yourself
3rd	Se	Him/Her/Itself
Plural	1st	Nous	Ourselves
2nd	Vous	Yourself
3rd	Se	Themselves

Relative Pronouns

• They are pronouns that introduce dependent clauses and help link them with independent clauses.
• They can be categorized into two types: definite and indefinite.
• Definite Relative Pronouns:

Pronouns	Meaning
Qui	Who; which; that
Que	Who; whom; which; that
Dont	Whose; of whom; of which
Où	Where; when; that
Lequel/Laquelle/Lesquels/Lesquelles	Which

• Indefinite Relative Pronouns:

Pronouns	Meaning
Ce qui	Who; which; that
Ce que	Who; whom; which; that

Indefinite Pronouns

• They are pronouns that does not specify a noun, usually describes a generalized idea.

Pronouns	Meaning
Un(e) autre	Another
D’autres	Others
Certains(es)	Certain ones
Chacun(e)	Each
Aucun(e)	None
Plusieurs	Several
Beaucoup	A lot
Peu	Little
Quelque chose	Something
Quelqu’un	Someone
Tout	Everything
Tout le monde	Everyone
N’importe quoi	Anything
N’importe qui	Anyone
N’importe quand	Anytime
N’importe où	Anywhere

Demonstrative Pronouns

• They are pronouns that replaces a specific noun that was mentioned in a sentence previously.

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	Celui	Ceux
Feminine	Celle	Celles
Meaning	This/That one	These/Those ones

• Additionally, suffixes can be added to the pronouns to provide more context on the distance of the noun that is being referred to.

Suffix	Meaning
-ci	Here/Nearby
-là	There/Faraway

Pronouns with suffix -ci	Meaning
Celui-ci	This/That (one) here
Ceux-ci	These/Those (ones) here
Celle-ci	This/That (one) here
Celles-ci	These/Those (ones) here

Pronouns with suffix -là	Meaning
Celui-là	This/That (one) there
Ceux-là	These/Those (ones) there
Celle-là	This/That (one) there
Celles-là	These/Those (ones) there