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Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

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Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

French (Direct object pronouns)

English (Direct object pronouns)

French (Indirect object pronouns)

English (Indirect object pronouns )

Me / m' Me Me / m' Me

Te / t' You Te / t' You

Le / la / l' Him/her/it Lui Him/her

Nous Us Nous Us

Vous You Vous You

Les Them Leur them

Where do you place the direct pronouns? • Direct object pronouns replace the people or things

that receive the action of the verb in a sentence.• The pronoun comes before all parts of the verb.

Examples of direct pronouns

Present tense Imperfect tense Past tense

Je le mange. Tu le regardais. Nous les avons mangés

Il la voit. Je les aimais. Je les ai aimé.

Where do you place the indirect pronouns? • Indirect object pronouns replace the people in a

sentence to/for whom the action of the verb occurs.• French indirect object pronouns are usually placed in

front of the verb.

Examples of indirect pronouns

Present tense Imperfect tense Past tense

Elle lui écrit. Je vous donnais le pain. Je lui ai donné un livre.

Je lui parle. Elle lui écrivait. Il leur a payé un café