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Indirect Object Pronouns how to say “to me”, “to you” etc in French What IS an Indirect Object? An Indirect Object shows who or what is indirectly affected by the verb’s action. It answers the question “to whom/what?” or “for whom/what?” For example: She gives the man the book. Who gives? - she - subject. Gives what? - book - direct object. To whom? - man - indirect object. In French, an Indirect Object noun is preceded by the preposition à, corresponding to the English to. The pronoun, however, includes the à. OK, so what ARE the Indirect Object Pronouns ? The Indirect Object Pronouns (INDOPs) are only different from Direct Object Pronouns (DOPs) in the 3rd person. singular plural 1 me nous 2 te vous 3 lui leur How about position? INDOPs, just like DOPs, precede the conjugated verb in a simple clause. Elle lui donne le livre. In a compound tense, they precede the auxiliary verb. NB No agreement with an INDOP. Elle lui a donné le livre. In an infinitive construction, they precede the infinitive. Elle va lui donner le livre. Use Verbs used more often with indirect objects are : donner: to give, parler: to speak, dire: to tell/say. Je lui donne le livre. I give him/her the book. Il nous a parlé. He spoke to us. Elle lui a dit bonjour. She said hello to him. Note that an indirect object noun is preceded by à. Sometimes a verb may require an indirect object in French, whereas in English it is direct. Such verbs will require the preposition à before the noun. Il obéit à ses parents. > Il leur obéit. He obeys his parents. > He obeys them. Exemple... J’ai donné un CD de MC Solaar à mon copain. Je lui ai donné un CD de MC Solaar. Exemple 2... J’ai montré cette photo d’une église à Malte à mes étudiants. Je leur ai montré cette photo.... Exemple 3... J’ai dit bonjour à Sam. Je lui ai dit bonjour. Change underlined noun to pronoun... J’ai téléphoné à maman. Nous avons donné un livre à papa. Ils parlent aux profs. Tu écris à Anne? Elle donne des biscuits à ses copains. J’ai acheté un cadeau à ma soeur. Je lui ai téléphoné. Nous lui avons donné un livre. Ils leur parlent. Tu lui écris? Elle leur donne des biscuits. Je lui ai acheté un cadeau.