Les pronoms toniques The Disjunctive

  Singular Plural
1st person moi nous
2nd person toi vous
3rd person elle (Feminine)
lui (Masculine)
soi
eux
elles

Disjuctive pronouns are used as subject pronouns when there are multiple subjects separated by commas, et or ou.

Jean Paul et moi allons partir demain.
Jean Paul and I are going to leave tomorrow.

Les américains et eux sont pareils.
The Americans and them are the same.

The disjunctive pronoun is the 'everywhere else pronoun'.  If it's not an object pronoun and not a subject pronoun (except in the case just mentioned) a disjunctive pronoun is required.  This includes...

Ce cadeau est pour moi?
The gift is for me?

Non, je suis désolée. C'est pour elle.
No, I'm sorry. It's for her.

Qui est là?
Who is there?

C'est moi.
It's me.

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