Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (advanced stress pronouns)

Hi Varsha,

 No,  in this case you can only say -

‘Il pense à elle’...

Because of what reason , Madame ?

Is it a special case ?

Hi Shrey, 

There are some verbs of emotions when  the indirect object cannot be replaced by the usual pronouns, verbs like 'songer à quelqu'un' , 'avoir recours à quelqu'un' , 'faire attention à quelqu'un', ...which come under the same rule as 'penser à quelqu'un'  if there is one...

You could at a pinch replace by the pronoun 'y' but it is normally for things rather than people.

e.g.

J'ai beaucoup songé à elle ces derniers jours = I thought about her these last few days

Nous avons du avoir recours à eux = We have had to rely on them 

Fais attention à elle! = Beware of her!

Hope this helps

Bonjour Madame Cécile !

Thank you for your support and Yes, I will surely co-operate with your French team with my queries in future and provide you sufficient time to answer my problems.

À bientôt !

Hi Daly,

'Soi' is the emphatic/stress pronoun that relates to 'on', or an indeterminate entity as in :

Chacun pour soi = Every man for himself 

En travailleur indépendant/freelance, c'est agréable par qu'on travaille pour soi = When you work freelance it's great because you work for yourself

You would only add même to emphasise :

On n'est jamais si bien servi que par soi-même = If you want something done right, do it yourself

Hope this helps!

Bonjour Michael !

I agree that it's indeed quite a tricky point!
Indeed, after looking into it thoroughly, I can't really come up with a better explanation than "colloquial usage", which I admit is not really satisfying :)
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​I would say however that we will tend to use soi rather than soi-même after prepositions (devant, avec...) and with comparisons or after que in general.

​Soi-même will more often be used to emphasise that you do the action yourself:

I hope that's helpful!​
​Merci et bonne journée !

Aurélie and Laura have answered this very same question asked by a later poster. 

-- Chris. 

Hi Cathy,

"soi-même" is "oneself" or "yourself" in English. For example:

"Pour l’apprendre aux autres il faut le savoir soi-même." -- To teach it to others one must knkow it oneself (or: you must know it yourself).

Or, in another example:

Check the later questions. Aurélie and Laura answered this question there. 

-- Chris. 

Hi Chris, if I want to say: "I speak with him about them", is it : "Je lui parle d'eux" ?

Thanks

Hi Joan, 

Indeed,

"Je lui parle d'eux" is correct for "I speak with him about them"...