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introduction to pronouns
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shocked A pronoun is a word used to replace a noun. It is commonly used to avoid repeating a previously mentioned noun known as the antecedent. In the following example, pronouns in bold face are used to replace the underlined antecedents.

Tex a écrit un poème érotique, et puis il l'a envoyé à Tammy. Elle a été choquée quand elle l'a lu. Tex wrote an erotic poem and then he sent it to Tammy. She was shocked when she read it.


The different kinds of pronouns are named according to their grammatical function.

subject pronouns
je, tu, il, elle, on,
nous, vous, ils, elles
I, you, he, she, one,
we, you, they (m), they (f)


direct object pronouns
me, te, le, la
nous, vous, les
  me, you, him / it, her / it
us, you, them (m) / (f)


indirect object pronouns
me, te, lui
nous, vous, leur
  to me, to you, to him / her
to us, to you, to them (m) / (f)


the pronouns y and en
y
en
  there (replaces preposition + location)
some, any, not any (replaces 'de' + noun)


disjunctive pronouns
moi, toi, lui, elle, soi
nous, vous, eux, elles
  me, you, he, she, one
we, you, them (m), them (f)


reflexive pronouns
me, te, se
nous, vous, se
  myself, yourself, himself, herself
ourselves, yourselves, themselves


interrogative pronouns
qui
que
  who
what


demonstrative pronouns
celui, celle
ceux
  this one / that one (m,f)
these, those


relative pronouns
qui, que
lequel, laquelle
  who, whom, which
which


indefinite pronouns
quelqu'un
quelque chose
  someone
something
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