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==Forms==
'''je''' (first person singular, plural nous, object me, emphatic moi, possessive determiner mon)^(Wiktionary)
− Old French [[m|fro|eo]], [[m|fro|io]] (842), [[m|fro|jo]], [[m|fro|jeo]], [[m|fro|gié]], ''je'' from about 1100.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)
+ Old French [[m|fro|eo]], [[m|fro|io]] (842), [[m|fro|jo]], [[m|fro|jeo]], [[m|fro|gié]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The form ''je'' appears about 1100.^(TLFi)
==Etymology==
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==Usage notes==
− ''Je'' is elided to ''j''' before a vowel or mute ''h'' (''j'aime'').^(Littré 1873) After an inverted verb its ''e'' is mute (''puis-je'').^(Petit Robert 2007) It is replaced by ''moi'' when stressed or separated from the verb (''moi, je viens'').^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ ''Je'' is elided to ''j’'' before a vowel or mute ''h'' (''j'aime'').^(Littré 1873) After an inverted verb its ''e'' is mute (''puis-je'').^(Petit Robert 2007) It is replaced by ''moi'' when stressed or separated from the verb (''moi, je viens'').^(Petit Robert 2007)
==References==