M'ont (en. Have me)

/m‿ɔ̃/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Conjugated form of the verb 'avoir' in the past tense, used with the pronoun 'me'.

They told me they were coming tonight.

Ils m'ont dit qu'ils venaient ce soir.

Indicates that something was owned or received by the first person singular.

My friends gave me a gift.

Mes amis m'ont offert un cadeau.

Used in passive constructions to show that the action affected the subject as an object.

The students explained the subject to me.

Les étudiants m'ont expliqué le sujet.

Contraction of the personal pronoun 'me' and the plural form of the verb 'avoir' in the compound tense.

They told me

They informed me.

Ils m'ont dit

What they told me

The information I received from them.

Ce qu'ils m'ont dit

They helped me

They provided me with assistance.

Ils m'ont aidé

Personal pronoun in the first person singular.

have

Conjugated form of the verb 'avoir' in the third person plural.

ont

Honestly, they got me

I wasn't expecting that, honestly, they got me.

Je ne m'attendais pas à ça, franchement, ils m'ont eu.

They really got me

For the story, they really got me.

Pour l'histoire, ils m'ont bien eu.