Module 4 of the free French course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 18 of 30: After little words like avec, pour, et, and alone, French uses the strong forms: moi, toi, lui. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 18.
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| moi | me | mwah |
| toi | you (strong form) | twah |
| lui | him | lwee |
| avec moi | with me | ah-vek MWAH |
| pour toi | for you | poor TWAH |
| c'est moi | it is me | seh MWAH |
| moi aussi | me too | mwah oh-SEE |
| avec | with | ah-VEK |
| pour | for | poor |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
After little words like avec, pour, et — and alone — French uses the strong forms: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles. Avec moi. Pour toi. Et toi? — Moi aussi!
C'est moi! C'est pour toi. Two phrases you will say this very week.
After avec, pour and et the strong forms are used: avec moi, pour toi — never avec je, never pour tu.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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