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Indirect object pronouns
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Reread this extract from the dialogue:
– Est-ce que vos parents vous donnent de l’argent de poche?
– Oui, mon père me donne 5€ par semaine.
Can you see how Loïc says “My father gives me 5€ a week”?
Mon père me donne 5€ par semaine.
Sometimes in English we say ‘me’, ‘him’, ‘her’ etc. when we
actually mean ‘to me’, ‘to him’ etc.
My father gives me = My father gives to me
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Indirect objects are the people or
things in a sentence to or for
whom, or to or for which,
the action of the verb occurs.
If the person or thing is preceded
by a preposition, that person/
thing is an indirect object.
E.g.
I told (to) Bill the truth.
I buy a present for the
boys.
I write a letter to Sam.
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Indirect object pronouns
replace the indirect object,
but only when the indirect
object is a person. E.g.:
I’m talking to Pierre.
I'm talking to him.
We do exactly the
same in French:
Je parle à Pierre.
Je lui parle.
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Here are the French indirect object
pronouns:
Like direct object pronouns,
French indirect object pronouns
are placed in front of the verb:
me / m'
me
te / t'
you
lui
him, her, it
nous
us
vous
you
leur
them
She gives me money.
– Elle me donne de l’argent.
I’m writing to you
– Je t'écris.
She is talking to him.
– Elle lui parle.
He is talking to her.
– Il lui parle.
She is returning the pen to us. – Elle nous rend le stylo.
I'm giving the book to you.
– Je vous donne le livre.
I buy cakes for them.
– Je leur achète des gâteaux.
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If you want to use an indirect
object pronoun with the perfect
tense, put it before the auxiliary
verb. The past participle does
not change to agree with indirect
object pronouns:
me / m'
me
te / t'
you
lui
him, her, it
nous
us
vous
you
leur
them
She gave me money.
– Elle m’a donné de l’argent.
I wrote to you
– Je t'ai écrit.
She talked to him.
– Elle lui a parlé.
He talked to her.
– Il lui a parlé.
She returned the pen to us. – Elle nous a rendu le stylo.
I gave the book to you.
– Je vous ai donné le livre.
I bought cakes for them.
– Je leur ai acheté des gâteaux.
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I’m confused! I thought
me, te, se, nous and vous
were direct object
pronouns.
Generally, if the person or thing
me, te, se, nous and
is preceded by a preposition,
vous can be direct or
that person/ thing is an indirect
indirect object pronouns
object.
but
If it is not preceded by a
le, la, les are direct and
preposition, it is a direct object.
lui, leur are indirect.
For example, French verbs
with à require an indirect
object.
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How do I
know
which to
use
then?
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Watch out!
Sometimes a French verb takes an indirect object, but its English
equivalent does not and vice versa.
When trying to determine whether something is a direct or an
indirect object in French, you have to consider whether there is
a preposition in French. For example:
Je rends la
J’écoute
visite
radio
à Anne
– I listen
– Ito
visit
theAnne.
radio
Je lui
l’écoute
rends–visite – I listen Ito
visit
it her.
In English, we don’t
use ause
preposition
a preposition
so weso
need
we use
an indirect
a directobject
object
pronoun. However, in French the verb rendre
écoutervisite
is notisfollowed
followed
by the
a preposition
preposition
soàwe
so need
we need
a direct
an indirect
object pronoun.
object pronoun.
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