disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, elles, eux

forms

Disjunctive pronouns (also known as tonic or stressed pronouns) refer to people whose names have already been mentioned or whose identity is obvious from context. They are used in a variety of situations in French, most often in short answers without verbs, for emphasis, or for contrast with subject pronouns. Here are all the disjunctive pronouns:

uses

after prepositions		C’est samedi soir:		It’s Saturday night:
		Tammy adore Tex. Elle ne peut pas vivre sans lui. Elle vit pour lui. Elle veut se marier avec lui.		Tammy loves Tex. She can’t live without him. She lives for him. She wants to marry him.
in short answers or exclamations when no verb is expressed		Corey: Qui sort avec Tammy? Tex: Moi!		Corey: Who is going out with Tammy? Tex: Me!
with ni. . . ni, ne. . . que		Tex (à Tammy): Je n’aime que toi ma chérie.		Tex (to Tammy): I love only you, my dear.
in a compound subject or object		Tammy: Tex et moi, nous aimons aller en boîte.		Tammy: Tex and I like to go clubbing.
in simple agreements or disagreements when no verb is expressed		Joe-Bob: Moi aussi! Corey: Pas moi! Fiona: Moi non plus!		Joe-Bob: Me too! Corey: Not me! Fiona: Me neither!
for emphasis		Joe-Bob: Eux, ils s’amusent, mais vous, vous ne sortez jamais.		Joe-Bob: Those guys, they have fun, but you, you never go out.
		Dimanche matin:		Sunday morning:
after c’est or ce sont		Corey: C’est moi le plus nul.		Corey: I’m the biggest loser.
with -même, to mean’-self’		Tammy: Arrête de t’apitoyer sur toi-même!		Tammy: Stop pitying yourself!
in comparisons		Corey: Il n’y a personne qui soit plus pitoyable que moi!		Corey: There is nobody who is more pitiful than me.