Disjunctive pronouns.
Examples
Avec moi; chez eux; par lui. With me; at their house; by him.
Moi, je pense comme eux. I think like they (do).
C'est lui qui l'a fait. It is he who did it.
Non, ce sont eux. No, it is they.
Qui est là? Moi. Who is there? I.
Lui-même me l'a dit. He himself told me so.
Eux seuls auraient pu le faire. They alone could have done it.
Lui et moi nous étions ensemble. He and I were together.
A. 1. I am named Jean and he is named Pierre. 2. You and I are going to be questioned by the emperor. 3. What a difference there is between[1] you and[2] her. 4. As[3] for[3] them, they have no brains.[4] 5. He amuses himself more easily than I. 6. I found some burglars at my house last night.[5] 7. When I came[6] home, my husband asked me if it was really[7] I. 8. It is they (feminine) who were mistaken. 9. I myself looked under the bed. 10. You answered him yourself. 11. I am homelier than you, but you are both[8] pretty[9] homely yourselves. 12. Put on six eggs, three for us, and three for yourself. 13. Is it[10] for me or for her? 14. He alone, of all the audience, did not weep. 15. I, your best friend, forget you? Impossible! 16. They, also, were at church. 17. He could go, but she couldn't, because she had people[11] at her house. 18. Are you bored? Same with me.
[Footnotes 1: de. 2: à. 3: omit. 4: esprit. 5: cette nuit. 6: rentrer. 7: bien. 8: tous deux. 9: assez. 10: ce. 11: du monde.]
B. 1. Word Study. Use the following words in the proper spaces in the exercise below:
(a) chanter, chant, chanteur, chanson, cantatrice, cantique.
Ce ---- bien. J'aime le ---- des oiseaux. La Malibran fut la première ---- de son temps. À l'église nous ---- des ----. En France, tout finit par des ----.
(b) bonheur, bonhomie, bonhomme, bonjour, bonne, bonté, bon.
Mon père est très ---- pour moi. Le ---- parfait n'existe pas. Quel est ce ----, Je ne le connais pas. Il montre une feinte ---- sous laquelle se cache sa finesse. Il venait me dire le ----. Sa ---- est intarissable. Nous avons besoin d'une ---- (à tout faire).
(c) habit, habitude, habitant, habiter, habituer, inhabité, habituel, habitué.