Grammar: Back to Basics
The verb
Subject pronouns
The subject pronouns are:
je - I nous - we
tu - you vous - you
il/elle – he/she ils/elles - they
on – one
Je, tu and il, elle, on are first, second and third persons singular respectively.
Nous, vous and...
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Grammar: Back to Basics
The verb
Subject pronouns
The subject pronouns are:
je - I nous - we
tu - you vous - you
il/elle – he/she ils/elles - they
on – one
Je, tu and il, elle, on are first, second and third persons singular respectively.
Nous, vous and ils, elles are first, second and third persons plural respectively.
• Tu is traditionally used to address close friends, members of the immediate
family, close relatives, children and animals and pets.
Otherwise its use can
be considered condescending.
• Vous, although strictly speaking second person plural, is the polite form of
address to another person when the speakers are not closely acquainted.
It is
the formal mode of address to a single person.
It is also the plural mode of
address used when speaking to more than one close friend, member of the
immediate family etc.
and to more than one person who is not closely
acquainted.
In school, teachers would address individual pupils by tu, and groups of pupils
by vous.
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