Disjunctive Pronouns

1. As mentioned above, disjunctives are mostly used after prepositions and
can only replace people, not things.  However, if the preposition is
à, there are two possible rules:

à + person = indirect pronoun

à + person + à = disjunctive pronoun, in these
cases:

se fier à	to trust
s'habituer à	to get used to
s'intéresser à	to be interested in
penser à	to think about
rêver à	to dream about

2. They can also be used alone, to emphasize a subject, with être
à (to belong to) or in compound subjects.

Moi, j'ai faim.  Me, I am hungry.

Ses amis et lui, ils aiment manger.  His friends and he, they
like to eat.

Ce livre est à moi !  That book is mine!

3. They can be added to -même to mean -self.

elle-même = herself

4. They are also used with ne...que.

Ce n'est que lui.  It's only him.

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