Betsy Potter

 These are often called “stress pronouns”  Singular Moi (me) Toi(you) Lui, elle, soi(him, her, oneself)  Plural Nous (us) Vous(you) Eux, elles(them)

 Les pronoms accentués are used to emphasize the subject. Ex. Je pense que j’ai raison, moi.  I think that I am right. Ex. Moi, je suis petite.  I am short.

 C’est toi qui a mangé le gâteau! It’s you that ate the cake!  Ce sont eux qui jouent au foot. It is them that play soccer. When a sentence has more than one subject. Jean-Luc et moi dînons. o Jean Luc and I are eating dinner.

 Qui va au concert? (Who’s going to the concert?) Moi. (Me.) After Prepositions Nous allons jouer sans elle?  (We are going to play without her?)

 You use these pronouns after que. Il est plus riche qu’elle.  (He is richer than she is.) Elle est plus petite que moi.  (She is shorter than me.) When using même  Il va étudier lui-même. (He is going to study himself)  Je le fais moi-même. (I am doing it myself.)

 After the preposition. Quel sac est à toi?  (Which bag is yours?) Ce bouteille est à moi.  (This bottle is mine.)

 The French word interrogation means questioning.  We will be taking a look at how to form questions.

 Add “Est-ce que” in the beginning of the question. Ex. Est-ce que tu aimes les chats?  (Do you like cats?) Ex. Est-ce qu’elle a un frère?  (Does she have a brother?) Ex. Est-ce que tu danses?  (Do you dance?)

 Intonation Just raise your voice at the end of your statement!  Tu parles?  (You speak?)  Inversion is another way to form a question. You invert the subject and the verb.  Ex. Déjeune-t-elle?  (She eats lunch?)  Ex. Chantes-tu?  (You sing?)

 Finally, you can just add the expression “n’est-ce pas” at the end of your statement. Il aime le professeur, n’est-ce pas?  (He likes the teacher, right?) Tu aimes les films, n’est-ce pas?  (You like movies, right?)

 It is possible to ask a negative question. Nous ne voulons pas les devoirs?  (We don’t want homework?) Ne vas- tu pas au parc?  (You’re not going to the park?) Tu n’aimes pas écouter la musique?  (You don’t like to listen to music?)

 à quelle heure? At what time?  à qui? About/to whom?  à quoi? About/to what?  combien? How much?, How many?  de qui? About whom?  de quoi? About what?  depuis quand? Since when? (You should already know these…)  comment? How?  d'où? From where?  où? Where?  pourquoi? Why?  quand? When?  que? What?  qui? Who?

 Comment tu pars? (How are you leaving?)  Depuis quand est-ce qu’il cuisine? (Since when does he cook?)  De qui tu parles? (Who are you talking about?)  À quelle heure est-ce que tu sors? (What time are you going out?)