Subject Pronouns (je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles)

Subject pronouns are the words that replace nouns as the subject of a sentence — "I," "you," "he," "she," "we," "they." In French, subject pronouns are essential because French verbs change their form (conjugation) depending on the subject. You cannot conjugate verbs correctly without knowing the pronouns.

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The French Subject Pronouns

French	English	Pronunciation
je (j')	I	"zhuh"
tu	you (informal singular)	"too"
il	he / it (masculine)	"eel"
elle	she / it (feminine)	"ehl"
on	one / we (informal)	"ohn"
nous	we (formal/standard)	"noo"
vous	you (formal singular / all plurals)	"voo"
ils	they (masculine or mixed group)	"eel"
elles	they (all-feminine group)	"ehl"

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Je — I

Je is always lowercase in French (unless it starts a sentence). Before a verb beginning with a vowel or silent h, it becomes j' (elision).