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In this lesson, you'll see three cases in which stress pronouns (moi, toi, lui, elle, soi, nous, vous, eux, elles) are used in French.
Learn how to use stress pronouns in French
In sentences, after prepositions (de, à, avec, derrière, pour etc)
In comparisons, after que (plus/moins/aussi ....que),
With the restriction ne... que (only), after que.
Case of soi
Soi is used to represent a universal "one[self]", in general statements or descriptions. It's the stress pronoun matching the general meaning of "on" (we/you/people) or the impersonal "il".
See also previous lessons Moi/toi/lui/elle = Me/you/him/her - simple cases (French Stress Pronouns) and Nous/vous/eux/elles = Us/you/them - simple cases (French Stress Pronouns) and the more advanced Using [French stress pronouns] + même(s) to express "myself/yourself/etc" in French
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[Lit. It's only missing them.]
