Disjunctive Pronouns / Les pronoms disjoints - Learn French with Polly Lingual

Introduction

Disjunctive pronouns, also commonly called stressed pronouns, are used in cases of emphasis or isolation:

   C’est moi.
   I am here.

In English we when someone asks “who’s next in line” we reply with “me” - not “I”. This is because we are using “me” in a disjunctive way. It is the same with French, questions are answered with disjunctive pronouns.

They are also used when there is more than one subject of sentence*:

   David et moi allons jouer au football.
   David and I are going to play soccer.

In French disjunctive pronouns also serve as prepositional pronouns because they are used after prepositions:

   Il pense à moi.
   He’s thinking of me.

*This is actually similar to the informal use in English of “David and me” as the subject rather than “David and I” which is frowned upon by grammarians.

		Nominative	Dative	Disjunctive
Singular	First-person	moi me I myself
	Second-person	toi you
	Third-person	elle her it feminine	lui him it masculine	soi it
Plural	First-person	nous us
	Second-person	vous you all you formal
	Third-person	elles them feminine		eux them masculine