STRESS PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES. WHAT IS A PRONOUN IN ENGLISH? A pronoun A subject pronoun Ex Replaces a noun Replaces a subject I I You He/She We Yall.

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1 STRESS PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVES

2 WHAT IS A PRONOUN IN ENGLISH? A pronoun A subject pronoun Ex Replaces a noun Replaces a subject I I You He/She We Yall They

3 WHAT ARE THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS IN FRENCH? IWe YouYou / yall He/sheThey JE TU IL/ELLE NOUS VOUS ILS/ELLES

4 STRESS PRONOUNS IN ENGLISH Stressed pronouns in English are French stressed pronouns correspond in some ways to their English counterparts, but are very different in other ways. Note that the English translations sometimes require different sentence structures altogether. Ex) He is talking to me me, I am always right (extra emphasis) Me, you, him, her, us, them

5 STRESS PRONOUNS IN FRENCH meus youYou/yall Him/her/itthem MOI TOI LUI/ELLE NOUS VOUS EUX/ELLES

6 TO EMPHASIZE NOUNS OR PRONOUNS - Je pense qu'il a raison. - Moi, je pense qu'il a tort. - Je ne sais pas, moi. - I think he's right. - I think he's wrong. - I don't know.

7 WHEN A SENTENCE HAS MORE THAN ONE SUBJECT OR OBJECT Michel et moi, nous jouons au tennis. Michael and I are playing tennis. Toi et lui, vous êtes très gentils. You and he are very kind.

8 AFTER THE PREPOSITION À TO INDICATE POSSESSION Ce stylo est à moi. This pen is mine. Quel livre est à toi ? Which book is yours?

9 BOOK EXAMPLES Moi, je parle… Toi, tu étudies… Lui, il habite… Elle, elle aime… Nous, nous jouons… Vous, vous chantez…. Eux, ils aiment… Elles, elle ne voyagent pas…

10 CHERCHEZ VOTRE LIVRE Faite act. 11 pg 23

11 POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Possessive adjectives show ownership. In English they are my, your, his, hers, ours, yours / yalls, their The owner Before a singular noun Before a plural noun English MascFem- Je Tu Il, elle My Your His/her s/its Nous Vous Ils, elles Our Your their MON MA TON TA SON SA NOTRE VOTRE LEUR MES TES SES NOS VOS LEURS

12 EXAMPLES Cest ma voiture, Il a mon stylo, Elle a mes livres Elle a sa calculatrice et son cahier Il a sa calculatrice et son cahier Elle aime ses amies Il aime ses amis FEMININE MASCULINE PLURAL

13 PLURAL EXAMPLES Nous aimons (OUR) prof Nous faisons (OUR) devoir s Vous mangez (YOUR) hamburger Vous mangez (YOUR) hamburger s Ils ont (THEIR) moto Ils ont (THEIR) moto s

14 LIVRE Act 12 pg 17