52
Pnoruouus 53
PRoruourus
o
for emphasis, especially where a contrast is involved You look like your father, she doesn't.
ll m'6nerve, lui!
He's getting on my nerves!
o on their own without o
9
pdre,
mais elle non.
Toi, tu ressembles d ton
a verb
'Oui a cass6 la fen6tre?'-'Lul.' 'Who broke the window?' 'Je suis fatigu6e.'-'Moi aussi.' 'l'm tired.' - 'Me too'' after c'est and ce sont (meaning it ts) ls that you, Simon? C'est toi, Simon? It's them. Ge sont eux.
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For more informotion on c'est and ce sont, see page 65.
o .
in comparisons Tu es plus jeune que moi. ll est moins grand que toi.
You're younger than me. He's smaller than you (are).
when the sublect of the sentence is made up of two pronouns, or of a pronoun and a noun My father and she don't get on. Mon pire et elle ne s'entendent pas.
Grammar Extra! You can add -m€me or -m6mes to the emphatic pronouns when you particularly want to emphasize something. These forms correspond to English myself, ourselves and so on
Form with -m6me
Meaning
mot-meme
myself
toi-m€me
yourself
lui-m€me
himself, itself
elle-m€me
herself, itself
soFmeme nous-memes
oneself $ourself, ou rselves) ourselves
vous-meme vous-memes
yourself yourselves
eux-meme5
themselves (m a scu I i n e)
elles-mGmes
themselves (feminine)
Je I'ai fait moi-m6me. Elle l'a choisi elle-m6me.
I
did it myself. it herself.
She chose
For further explanation of grammatical terms, please see pages
viii'xii.