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Franco-Provençal
Pronoun
j'
- Prevocalic clipping of je
French
Pronunciation
Pronoun
j’ m or f
- clitic form of je
- J’ai sommeil. ― I’m sleepy.
- J’habite à Paris. ― I live in Paris.
- J’veux pas savoir. ― I don't wanna know. (informal, short for "Je ne veux pas savoir.")
- J’comprends. ― I understand. (informal, see usage notes for pronunciation
Usage notes
- Je in formal French only becomes j’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h, where this is mandatory in spelling.
- In informal French, j’ may optionally be used before consonants, and devoices before unvoiced consonants, thus producing a ʃ sound, as in sheep.
- Before voiced consonants:
- J’vais bien. ― Doing fine.
- J’descend tout de suite! ― Coming down!
- whereas before unvoiced consonants:
- Chais pas. (j’sais pas) ― Dunno.
- Ch’peux pas. (j’peux pas) ― I can't.
- Note that the ch’ spelling (and the j’ spelling before a vowel) is purely oral, it is not used in any type of written content except if one wishes to emphasize the language register spoken or the form is in itself a fixed expression.
French personal pronouns
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Further reading
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Pronoun
j’
- clitic form of jo, je, ie, io
J’ te voglio bene assaje- I want/love you very much
J’aggio parlat' a tte- I spoke to you