Go Loco
StudyShopSign In
🔀

Pronoun Combinations

Spoken Description

Pronominales Combi covers the most common pronoun combinations, including direct/indirect objects, reflexives, and pronoun placement. Practical rules, clear examples, and mix-and-match exercises.

Learn how to combine and position French pronouns: direct/indirect objects, reflexives, and pronoun order. Practice with clear rules, examples, and exercises for natural sentence construction.

-:- / -:-
Pronouns in French often pile up in fixed sequences before or after verbs, so it’s useful to learn the order and groupings that govern these short clumps of meaning.

Clitic Pronouns

Les pronoms clitiques sont de petits pronoms non accentués qui s'attachent immédiatement à un verbe — par exemple, les pronoms objets, réfléchis et indirects — et ils se duplicent dans des expressions comme les double pronoms objets.

Clitic pronouns are unstressed small pronouns that attach immediately to a verb—for example, object pronouns, reflexives, and indirect pronouns—and they double up in expressions like double object pronouns.
TypeFrench Word(s)English Word(s)
Direct objectme / te / le / la / nous / vous / lesme / you / him / her / us / you / them
Indirect objectme / te / lui / nous / vous / leurme / you / to him/her / us / you / to them
Reflexiveme / te / se / nous / vousmyself / yourself / himself/herself / ourselves / yourselves
En / yen / yof it / of them / some / there
Elle(me) dit la vérité.

She tells me the truth.

1 of 4

Pronoun Order

The order of clitic pronouns in French follows a fixed hierarchy that must be learned, which typically goes: Me / Te / Se / Nous / Vous → Le / La / Les → Lui / Leur → Y → En.
PositionFrench Word(s)English Word(s)
1me / te / se / nous / vousme / you / himself/herself / us / you
2le / la / leshim / her / them
3lui / leurto him/her / to them
4ythere / to it / to them
5enof it / of them / some

1 of 3

Special Cases

Some pronouns change form when combined, such as me / te / se becoming m’ / t’ / s’ before vowels, and le / la / les sometimes contracting, and clitics switching place in affirmative commands.

1 of 2

Summary

Pronoun combinations in French follow a fixed order and grouping that determine which small clitic comes first, and whether they attach before or after the verb; learning the standard hierarchy and forms makes sentences with double objects and reflexives flow naturally.

All content was written by our AI and may contain a few mistakes. We may earn commissions on some links. Last updated: Mon Dec 8, 2025, 6:25 AM