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French Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns Complément d'objet indirect (COI) Indirect objects are the people in a sentence to or for whom the action of the verb occurs. I'm talking to Pierre. Je parle à Pierre. To whom am I talking? To Pierre. He buys books for the students Il achète des livres pour les étudiants. For whom does he buy books? - For the students. Indirect object pronouns are the words that replace the indirect object, and in French they can only refer to a person.(1) The French indirect object pronouns are me / m' me te / t' you lui him, her nous us vous you leur them Like direct object pronouns, French indirect object pronouns are usually(2) placed in front of the verb. I'm talking to him. Je lui parle. He buys books for them. Il leur achète des livres. I'm giving the bread to you. Je vous donne le pain. She wrote to me. Elle m'a écrit. Notes: When deciding between direct and indirect objects, the general rule is that if the person or thing is preceded by a preposition, that person/thing is an indirect object.(1) If it's not preceded by a preposition, it is a direct object. For more information, please see the advanced lesson. (1) In English, an indirect object can be a person or a thing. In French, it can only be a person. When you have an indirect object that's not a person in English, the French equivalent is the adverbial pronoun y. So "pay attention to him" would be fais attention à lui, but "pay attention to it would be fais-y attention - learn more. (2) With most verbs(3) and in most tenses and moods(4), when the indirect object pronoun is first or second person, it has to precede the verb: "He's talking to me" = Il me parle, not "Il parle à moi" When the pronoun refers to the third person, you can use a stressed pronoun after the verb and the preposition à in order to stress the distinction between masculine and feminine: "I'm talking to her" = Je lui parle, à elle (3) However, with some verbs the indirect object pronoun has to follow the verb (4) The imperative has different rules for word order. Double Object Pronouns Pronoms objets - Position et ordre Before studying this lesson, be sure you understand all of the lessons in the object pronoun index. The position and order of object, adverbial, and reflexive pronouns can be difficult for French students. All of these pronouns go in front of the verb except when the verb is in the affirmative imperative (see below). There is a fixed order for double object pronouns: me le lui y* en* te la leur se les nous vous *These are adverbial pronouns. Examples Je montre la carte à mon père - Je la lui montre. Je mets la carte à la table - Je l'y mets. Don't give me the books - Ne me les donnez pas. He gave them some - Il leur en a donné. They sent it to us - Ils nous l'ont envoyé. Exception In the affirmative imperative, the order of the pronouns is a bit different. le moi / m' nous y en la toi / t' vous les lui leur Examples Give it to me - Donnez-le-moi. Sell us some - Vendez-nous-en. Find it for me - Trouvez-le-moi. Talk to us there - Parlez-nous-y. Send it to him - Envoyez-le-lui. Go away - Va t'en. Notes me and te become moi and toi except when they precede y and en The pronouns are attached to the verb and to each other by hyphens Summary In all sentences except affirmative commands, the pronouns are placed in a fixed order in front of the conjugated verb. In affirmative commands, the pronouns are placed after the verb, attached by hyphens, and are in a slightly different order. French Object Pronouns - Pronoms compléments Direct Object Pronouns - Pronoms COD (complément d'objet direct) Just like English, the French language has direct object pronouns, words that replace the direct object. This is so that we don't say things like "Marie was at the bank today. When I saw Marie I smiled." It's much more natural to say "Marie was at the bank today. When I saw her I smiled." The direct object is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. To find the direct object in a sentence, ask the question Who? or What? I'm eating bread - Je mange du pain. What am I eating? Bread. He sees Marie - Il voit Marie. Who does he see? Marie. The French direct object pronouns are as follows: me / m' me te / t' you le / l' him, it (masc) la / l' her, it (fem) nous us vous you les them Me, te, and le / la change to m', t', and l' in front of a vowel or mute h. The most difficult thing to remember about direct object pronouns is this: they go in front of the verb in French. I'm eating it. - Je le mange. He sees her. - Il la voit. I love you. - Je t'aime. You love me. - Tu m'aimes. Note: When deciding between direct and indirect objects, the general rule is that if the person or thing is preceded by a preposition, that person/thing is an indirect object. If it is not preceded by a preposition, it is a direct object.