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5.2 Personal pronouns

What for did we go through all this? Well, because we are going to need the personal pronouns in the different object forms in many, many cases.

Example

The group gives Peter the book. => no personal pronoun and therefore not critical in English or French, BUT

We give it to him. => both objects are substituted by personal pronouns and now we need them already

In English the personal pronouns in their form, but in their position and in case of doubt the preposition to is used for indirect objects.

Overview

	Direct object / Accusative		Indirect object / Dative
me me		He sees me.	me (to) me		He gives money to me.
		Il me voit			Il me donne de l' argent.
		He knows me.			He tells me this often.
		Il me connaît.			Il me dit ça souvent.
te you		He sees you.	te (to) you		He gives money to you.
		Il te regarde.			Il te donne de l' argent.
		She knows you.			He tells you this often.
		Elle te connaît.			Il te dit ça souvent.
le him		He sees him.	lui (to) him		He gives money to him.
		Il le regarde.			Il lui donne de l' argent.
		She knows him.			He tells him this often.
		Elle le connaît.			Il lui dit ça souvent.
la her		He sees her.	lui (to) her		He gives money to her.
		Il la regarde.			Il lui donne de l' argent.
		He knows her.			He tells her this often.
		Elle la connaît.			Il lui dit ça souvent.
nous us		He sees us.	nous (to) us		He gives money to us.
		Il nous voit.			Il nous donne de l' argent.
		She knows us.			He tells us this often.
		Elle nous connaît.			Il nous dit ça souvent.
vous you		He sees you.	vous (to) you		He gives money to you.
		Il vous voit.			Il vous donne de l' argent.
		He knows you.			He tells you this often.
		Il vous connaît.			Il vous dit ça souvent.
les them		He sees them.	leur (to) them		He gives money to them.
		Il les voit.			Il leur donne de l' argent.
		He knows them.			He tells them this often.
		Il les connaît.			Il leur dit ça souvent.

To have a better overview we only have a look at the personal pronouns:

Personal pronouns
Nominative	Accusative	Dative
je	me	me
tu	te	te
il	le	lui
elle	la	lui
nous	nous	nous
vous	vous	vous
ils / elles	les	leur

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