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Les pronoms direct: le, la, les The direct object: to find the direct object of the sentence ask the question “what” or “who” of the verb. I’m going to buy the blue shirt shirt. What are you going to buy? The blue shirt = it The Basic Outline Direct object pronouns in French can be quite easy to find as they are the same as the definite article: le (l’) him / it la (l’) her / it les them Est-ce que tu achète la robe? robe Oui, je l’ achète. The Basic Outline Quoi? Placing the direct object pronoun: 1. In a simple sentence with one conjugated verb (present, imperfect, future, present subjunctive) the pronoun will go before the verb. 1. Je rends le livre. Je le rends. 2. In a sentence with the helping verbs “devoir”, “aller”, “il faut”, “aimer”, “détester”, etc., the pronoun goes before the infinitive. 2. J’aime lire les journaux. The Basic Outline J’aime les lire. Placing the direct object pronoun: 3. In a negative command, the pronoun will go before the verb. 3. Ne prends pas la cuillère! Ne la prends pas! 4. In a postive command, the pronoun will be attached to the verb with a hyphen. 4. Apporte les disques! The Basic Outline Apporte-les! Placing the direct object pronoun: 5. In the passé composé, the pronoun will go before the helping verb “avoir” or “être”. 5. J’ai acheté le journal. Je l’ai acheté. CAUTION! In the passé composé you must make the past participle agree with the direct object placed before “avoir” or “être”. J’ai envoyé la lettre. The Basic Outline Je l’ai envoyée. Placing the direct object pronoun: 6. In negative sentences, place the direct object in front of the verb and move the “ne” to the left. 6. Je ne vois pas la jeune fille. The Basic Outline Je ne la vois pas. Les pronoms indirect: lui, leur The indirect object: to find the indirect object of the sentence ask the question “to whom” or “for whom” of the verb. I am going to write to my cousins. To whom am I going to write? To my cousins = to them The Basic Outline Indirect object pronouns in French can be quite easy to find as they are introduced by “à” plus a noun designating a person: lui to him / to her leur to them Est-ce que tu reponds à Paul Paul? Oui, je lui réponds. The Basic Outline A qui? Placing the indirect object pronoun: 1. In a simple sentence with one conjugated verb (present, imperfect, future, present subjunctive) the pronoun will go before the verb. 1. Je rends le livre à Paul. Je lui rends le livre. 2. In a sentence with the helping verbs “devoir”, “aller”, “il faut”, “aimer”, “détester”, etc., the pronoun goes before the infinitive. 2. J’aime téléphoner à mes copains. J’aime leur téléphoner. The Basic Outline Placing the indirect object pronoun: 3. In a negative command, the pronoun will go before the verb. 3. Ne parles pas à Paul! Ne lui parles pas! 4. In a positive command, the pronoun will be attached to the verb with a hyphen. 4. Parlez à Paul et Marie! The Basic Outline Parlez-leur! Placing the indirect object pronoun: 5. In the passé composé, the pronoun will go before the helping verb “avoir” or “être”. 5. J’ai écrit a mon amie. The Basic Outline Je lui ai écrit. Other considerations… 1. Écouter (to listen to), regarder (to look at), chercher (to look for), attendre (to wait for) and demander (to ask for) take the direct object in French. In English they take the indirect. This is not so hard to remember as, in French, these verbs are not followed by “à” which introduces the indirect object. J’écoute Marie-Laure. The Basic Outline Je l’ecoute Other considerations… 2. Even though “penser à” is followed by “à”, it does not take the indirect object pronoun but rather prepositional pronoun (moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles). Je pense à mes amis. Je pense à eux. 3. “répondre”, “obéir”, “désobéir” take an indirect object pronoun in French, In English they take a direct object pronoun. (Again, not so hard to remember as in French they are followed by “à” which introduces the indirect object.) J’obéis a mon père. The Basic Outline Je lui obéis. me, te, nous, vous… The pronouns “me”, “te”, “nous” and “vous” are both direct and indirect so there no problem deciding which to use! Mary sees me (direct). Marie me voit. Mary speaks to me (indirect). The Basic Outline Marie me parle.