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Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns in French

Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns in French What is a direct object? A word or group of words that receives the direct action of the verb. So in the

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Page 1: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns in French What is a direct object? A word or group of words that receives the direct action of the verb. So in the

Direct and Indirect ObjectPronouns in French

Page 2: Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns in French What is a direct object? A word or group of words that receives the direct action of the verb. So in the

What is a direct object?

A word or group of words that receives the direct action of the verb.

So in the sentence: John likes Mary

John is the subject

likes is the verb

Mary is the direct

object

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What is an indirect object?

Tells for whom or to whom something is done

So in the sentence: He gave me an apple.

He is the subject

gave is the verb

me is the indirect object an apple is

the direct object

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What is a pronoun?• A pronoun is a replacement word. It takes the

place of a noun.

• I see Jane I see her

• We eat cake We eat it

• I wrote to Julie I wrote to her

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Direct & Indirect

Direct Indirect Adverbial Adverbial

(To) me/ you/ us

Him/her/ it/them

To him/to her/to them

There/ About

Some/any/of it/of them

me te

nous vous

le la les l'

lui leur

y en

Chart of Pronouns

When using more than one pronoun in a sentence they will

ALWAYS go in this order

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What’s the difference?• Indirect means ‘when there IS someone or something

in the way’, usually indicated by the word or sense of TO (in French À)

• So - “he talks to me” is “il me parle”

Il me parle

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What’s the difference?

• Direct literally means ‘when there’s no-one or nothing in the way’

• So - he sees me is il me voit

Il me voit

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You can best tell the difference...

• With words for him, her, them…

• Je parle à mes amis =

je leur parle

• Je donne le livre à Jean=

je lui donne le livre

• in many other cases, the choice of pronoun will look the same

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Des exemples

• Je lis le livre: je……..lis

• tu manges la pomme: tu…….manges

• il regarde la télé: il……….regarde

• nous attendons les vacances: nous …….attendons

• elles aiment Henri: elles……..aiment

le

la

la

les

l’

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Examples with two pronouns in the present tense

• Ses amis racontent l’histoire à Murielle• Ses amis racontent• Elle donne le message à Franck• Elle donne• Vous envoyez les produits au client• Vous envoyez• Je parle français à Jean• Je parle

la lui

le lui

les lui

le lui

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Examples with the passé composé

• il a parlé du projet (à moi)• il a parlé du projet • nous avons considéré (sa candidature)• nous avons considéré• elles ont acheté (les valises)• elles ont acheté • tu as reçu (son email)?• tu as reçu• J’ai dit non (à Julie)• Je ai dit non

m’

l’

les es

l’

e

lui

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In the passé composé, the DIRECT OBJECT must AGREE with the PAST

PARTICIPLE!

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Pronouns and negativesDirect and indirect object pronouns go

before the verb when the phrase is negative and the ne…pas or other negative term wraps round -

je ne l’aime pas

il ne la voit pas

nous ne les achetons plus

ils ne le livrent jamais

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Pronouns with two verbs

• You can see when to use this format in the following examples:

• vous voulez le voir?

• Tu dois lui téléphoner

• elle ne peut pas vous parler

• il a voulu me rencontrer

• nous avons décidé de lui parler

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So, to recap on placement

Direct and indirect object pronouns…

• go BEFORE the verb in most cases

• go BEFORE the infinitive when you have two verbs

• go BEFORE the auxiliary verb (avoir/être) in the passé composé

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So what is a pronoun?

A word that replaces a noun

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Now Commands

• There are two types of commands, positive (Donnez!) and negative (Ne donnez pas!)

• In negative commands, the pronouns all look the same:

Ne le donnez pas! or Ne lui parlez pas! or Ne me téléphonez pas! or Ne te lave pas!

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Positive Commands

However, in positive commands two things change.

1. The order

2. Me and te become MOI and TOI

Direct Direct & Indirect

Indirect Adverbial Adverbial

Him/her/ it/them

(To) me/ you/ us

To him/to her/to them

There/ About

Some/any/of it/of them

le la les l'

*moi *toi

nous vous

lui leur

y en

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Practice

• Make the negative commands positive:

• Non, ne me téléphone pas!

• Non, ne m’attends pas!

• Non, ne les invitez pas!

Téléphone-moi!

Attends-moi!

Invitez-les!

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Practice

• Make the positive commands negative:

• Oui, prête-lui de l’argent !

• Oui, achète-toi un CD!

• Oui, donnez-moi ton adresse !

Ne lui prête pas de l’argent!

Ne t’achète pas un CD!

Ne me donnez pas ton adresse!

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Practice

• Make the positive commands negative:

• Oui, prête-lui de l’argent !

• Oui, achète-toi un CD!

• Oui, donnez-moi ton adresse !

Ne lui prête pas de l’argent!

Ne t’achète pas un CD!

Ne me donnez pas ton adresse!

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La fin!

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