Subjects and verbs in French

1. Les Sujets et les Verbes
Grammaire 1

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4. Tell whether each word underlined is a) the
subject or b) the verb in each sentence.
 _____ 1. Paul chante.
 _____ 2. Lisette est française.
 _____ 3. Nadine a 16 ans.
 _____ 4. Comment allez-vous?
 _____ 5. Tu as quel âge?
 _____ 6. Elle s’appelle Francine.

5. Tell whether each word underlined is a) the
subject or b) the verb in each sentence.
 __b__ 1. Paul chante.
 __a__ 2. Lisette est française.
 __b__ 3. Nadine a 16 ans.
 __b__ 4. Comment allez-vous?
 __a__ 5. Tu as quel âge?
 __b__ 6. Elle s’appelle Francine.

6. C’est à vous!
 Dans le livre…
 Exercice 17 pg. 12 (tous ensemble)
 Exercice 18 pg. 13 (tous ensemble)
 Exercice 20 pg. 13 (en partenaires)

7. Subject Pronouns

8. Subject Pronouns
 In French, a subject pronoun is immediately or
almost immediately followed by its verb.
 The use of subject pronouns is mandatory in French.
 Always use a subject pronoun to construct
sentences in the absence of a noun subject.

9. Subject One (people in general)
Pronouns (en français)
Singlar Plural
Je I Nous We
Tu You Vous You (plural or formal)
Il He Ils They (all male or mixed
group)
Elle She Elles They (all female group)
On

10. Subject Pronouns (en français)
 Subject pronouns are labeled by the term 'person',
referring to the subject's role in the conversation.
 1st person refers to the person(s) speaking (I, we);
 2nd person to the person(s) spoken to (you); and
 3rd person to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about (he,
she, it, they).
Singlar Plural
1st Je I Nous We
2nd Tu You Vous You (plural or formal)
3rd Il/
Elle/
On
He
She
One/We
Ils/
Elles
They

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12. Subject Pronouns (en français)
Je/J’ Nous
Tu Vous
Il Ils
Elle Elles
On

13. Je J’
 Je changes to J’ before a vowel
 Je m’applle Christian.
 J’ai 13 ans.
 Je + ai = J’ai
 Unlike the English pronoun 'I', je is not
capitalized unless it begins a sentence.

14. Tu ou Vous?
Tu Vous
• Singular form of “you”
• Informal form of “you”
• Used with
-friends
-family
-someone your own
age
• Plural form of “you”
• Formal form of “you”
• Used with
-adults
-people you don’t
know
-more than one
person

15. Tu ou Vous?
 Would you use tu or vous with the following people?
 Mrs. Entzminger
 Your math teacher
 The person sitting next to you in class
 Your best friend
 President Obama
 Your sister

16. On
 The pronoun on has no direct equivalent in English.
 It can mean we.
 It can mean they, as in people in general.
 It can mean one.
 The meaning of on will depend on the context.
 En France, on parle français.
In France, they (people in general) speak
French.

17. il/elle
 Il and elle besides meaning 'he' and 'she' can both
express the meaning 'it' depending on the gender of
the noun being replaced.
 For example:
La chaise est bleue, n'est-ce
pas?
The chair is blue, isn't
it?
Non, elle est noire! No, it's black!
De quelle couleur est le tableau? What color is the
board?
Il est blanc. It is white.

18. Subject pronouns
Complete the sentences with the correct subject
pronoun.
 1. _______ parlons français.
 2. _______ s’appelle Rose.
 3. _______ t’appelles Lucas?
 4. _______ s’appelle Paul.
 5. _______ parlez français?
 6. _______ m’appelle François. Et toi?

19. Subject pronouns
Complete the sentences with the correct subject
pronoun.
 1. Nous parlons français.
 2. Elle s’appelle Rose.
 3. Tu t’appelles Lucas?
 4. Il s’appelle Paul.
 5. Vous parlez français?
 6. Je m’appelle François. Et toi?

20. C’est a vous!
 Exercice 22 pg. 15
 Exercice 23 pg. 15

21. Replacing with Subject Pronouns

22. Replacing with Subject Pronouns
 Sometimes, instead of using noun subjects, a
subject pronoun will be used.
 For example, instead of saying
 Bob is at school. Bob is going to his classes.
 One might say:
 Bob is at school. He is going to his classes.
 The noun subject “Bob” has been replaced by the
subject pronoun “he”.

23. Replacing with Subject Pronouns
 How would you replace the following noun subjects
with a subject pronoun?
1. Marie __________
2. Martin et Remy__________
3. Aimée et Corinne __________
4. Jean __________
5. Le chien __________
6. Les chats __________
Aux tableaux
magiques!

24. Replacing with Subject Pronouns
 In French you will also see
 et toi / and you
 et moi / and I, me
 which are often used as part of a subject
 Marie et moi Marie and I
 Toby et toi Toby and you
 Can Marie and I or Toby and you be replaced by a
subject pronoun?
 OUI!

25. Replacing with Subject Pronouns
Français Anglais
Marie et moi Marie and I
? We
Français Anglais
Toby et toi Toby and you
? You all / Y’all
Français Anglais
Marie et moi Marie and I
Nous We
Français Anglais
Toby et toi Toby and you
Vous You all / Y’all

26. Replacing with Subject Pronouns
 How would you replace the following noun subjects
with a subject pronoun?
1. Gérard __________
2. Denise __________
3. Jacqueline et moi __________
4. Nicolas et Laure __________
5. Zoe et le chien __________
6. Simone et toi  __________
Aux tableaux
magiques!