Grammar: Pronouns - Disjunctive

Section: Understanding Disjunctive Pronouns

 Disjunctive pronouns, also known as stressed pronouns or tonic pronouns, are used to put emphasis on
a certain person or group in a sentence.
 These pronouns can refer to people and are used when the subject is replaced after prepositions, when
they are used alone, or when they are used for emphasis.
 Disjunctive pronouns are generally put at the end of a sentence or clause. For instance, Je vais au parc
avec Marie could be rephrased as Je vais au parc avec elle.
Section: List of Disjunctive Pronouns
 The disjunctive pronouns in French are: moi (me), toi (you - informal singular), lui (him or her - formal
singular and all cases of third person singular), nous (us), vous (you - formal plural), eux (them -
masculine) and elles (them - feminine).
Section: Using Disjunctive Pronouns to Emphasise
 Disjunctive pronouns can be used to emphasise the subject. After stating the subject, you can repeat it
using a disjunctive pronoun for emphasis. For example, the sentence, C’est toi qui as fait ça?, translates
to Was it you who did this?
Section: Disjunctive Pronouns With Prepositions
 Disjunctive pronouns are used following prepositions such as avec (with), pour (for), sans (without),
and chez (at the home of, or among). Example: Je vais au cinéma avec lui translates to I am going to
the cinema with him.
Section: Alone Usage of Disjunctive Pronouns
 These pronouns can be used alone, in response to a question or as an agreement. For example, Qui veut
aller au cinéma? Moi! translates to Who wants to go to the cinema? Me!
 Additionally, disjunctive pronouns are used in sentences where there is no explicit verb, such as Moi
aussi (Me too) or Toi non plus (You neither).