French - German Dictionary
/ʒə/
Je is the French first-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to German ich. It is used as the subject of a verb to indicate that the speaker is performing the action.
| # | Type | French | German |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronoun | je personal pronoun | ich |
Je m'appelle Marie.
Ich heiße Marie.
Je vais au marché demain.
Ich gehe morgen zum Markt.
Je ne sais pas.
Ich weiß nicht.
Je is used before a consonant sound and becomes j' before a vowel sound or mute h (e.g., j'ai, j'habite). As a subject pronoun, it is almost always necessary in French, even when the meaning might seem clear without it. It is neither formal nor informal; formality in French is expressed through tu versus vous, not through the first-person pronoun.
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