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Stressed pronouns, possessives, demonstratives and « on »

subjectjetuilellenousvousilselles
stressedmoitoiluiellenousvouseuxelles

You use the stressed pronoun: after a preposition (avec moi: with me, chez eux: at their place), for emphasis (Moi, je reste.: I'm staying), after c'est (C'est lui.: It's him), on its own (Qui ? — Moi.: Who? — Me.), in a comparison (plus grand que toi: taller than you).

Possessives agree with the thing owned, not with the owner: son frère, sa sœur, ses parents = his OR her brother, sister, parents.

masc.fem.pluralpronoun
jemonmamesle mien, la mienne (mine)
tutontatesle tien, la tienne (yours)
il / ellesonsasesle sien, la sienne (his / hers)
nousnotrenotrenosle / la nôtre (ours)
vousvotrevotrevosle / la vôtre (yours)
ils / ellesleurleurleursle / la leur (theirs)

Before a feminine noun starting with a vowel, ma, ta, sa → mon, ton, son: mon amie (my girlfriend / friend), son école (his / her school).

Demonstratives: ce livre (this book), cet homme (before a vowel), cette maison, ces livres. Pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles + -ci / -là, + qui / que, + de: Je prends celui-ci. (I'll take this one.) Celle de Marie est rouge. (Marie's is red.)

On = "we" in speech, or "people / you / they" in general. The verb is singular: On va au cinéma ? (Shall we go to the cinema?) En Suisse, on parle quatre langues. (In Switzerland they speak four languages.)

C'est or il est? Il est + adjective or job without an article: Il est médecin. (He's a doctor.) C'est + article, name or pronoun: C'est un bon médecin. (He's a good doctor.) C'est Paul. (It's Paul.)

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