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16.1 Personal pronouns

We have already discussed the personal pronouns in french survival guide 1 and we have used them already so often that the following table is a mere summary for the purpose of completeness.

connected personal pronouns			unconnected personal pronouns
Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Pronouns	used with ...	Examples
				- Prepositions - after que - in interrogative clauses (questions) - as answers - with the imperative form	Il le fait pour toi. Il n' est pas plus beau que moi. Qui te l' as dit? Lui. Excuse-moi!
je	me	me	moi
tu	te	te	toi
il	le	lui	lui / soi*
elle	la	lui	elle
nous	nous	nous	nous
vous	vous	vous	vous
ils	les	leur	eux
elles	les	leur	elles

* Is the referred object unknown (chacun, on), then soi is used, which is comparable with oneself.

Examples
	On ne pense qu'à soi-même.
	One thinks only about oneself.
	On a souvent besoin d' un plus petit que soi.
	One often needs a smaller one than oneself.

In comparison with a known object, things look as follows:

Examples
	On se culpabilise et on fait beaucoup de tort à soi-même et aux autres.
	One blames oneself and wrongs oneself and others.
	Il se culpabilise et il fait beaucoup de tort à lui-même et aux autres.
	He blames himself and wrongs himself and others.

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