lui

Meaning

Pron

1. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
2. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object

Verb

past participle of luire

Concepts

he

👨

him

her

it

🇮🇹

she

👩

the

to it

to the

s/he

himself

they

to him

to her

herself

that person

that guy

oneself

itself

Synonyms

il

👨

elle

👩

le

la

soi

cela

celui-là

son

🔉

au

celle

celui

1️⃣

celui qui

l’

la l’

le l’

lui-même

cette personne

ce type

avec

li

ce

celle-là

celui-ci

chacun

petit ami

se

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɥi/

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin illui.

Sentences

Il lui ressemblait .

He looked like her.

Ils lui laissent aussi quelques fleurs .

They also leave her some flowers.

Ce visage lui était inconnu .

This face was unknownto him.

Après la Révolution , la ballerine se sépare de lui .

After the Revolution, the ballerina separated from him.

Lucien viendra ce soir vous dire adieu , brûlez ceci devant lui ...

Lucien will come tonight to say goodbye, burn this in front of him...

Cette victoire lui assure aussi un huitième succès en douze saisons .

This victory also ensured him an eighth success in twelve seasons.

Carrier était là , en face de lui , à portée de son bras terrible .

Carrier was there, in front of him, within reach of his terrible arm.

Pour lui , le langage est purement conventionnel .

For him, language is purely conventional.