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[acoustic socket]

hi.
something to note with each of these pronouns is that they each have 2 ways to be used, sometimes in relation with one another.

il

• subject pronoun for a masculine subject (animate or not), basically translates to "he" (or "it" when taking about masculine inanimate subjects). It's the masculine variation of "elle"
  ex: il est grand
  he's tall
• subject pronoun for impersonal constructions
  ex: il pleut
  it's raining

elle

• subject pronoun for a feminine subject (animate or not), basically translates to "she" (or "it" when taking about masculine inanimate subjects). It's the feminine variation of "il"
  ex: elle est grande
  she's tall
• stressed pronoun for a feminine noun. Kinda translates to "her" but stressed pronouns are used a bit differently in French. It's the feminine variation of "lui"
  ex: je pense à elle
  I'm thinking about her

lui

• stressed pronoun for a masculine noun. Kinda translates to "him" but stressed pronouns are used a bit differently in French. It's the masculine variation of "lui"
  ex: je pense à lui
  I'm thinking about him
• indirect object pronoun (for both gender). It replaces an indirect object. Kinda translates to "to him" or "to her" but you would need to read more on the topic of indirect objects.
  ex: je lui parle
  I'm talking to him/her