Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Français 2L’unité 3 & L’unité 4

What are DIRECT OBJECTS?

• They answer the question- WHO? Or WHAT?

• Max brings the phone to his mom.• My husband brings me flowers.• I see you.• Julie sees Marie-Claire.• Patrick rides the horse.

Direct Object Nouns to Direct Object Pronouns.

• Now that we’ve figured out the nouns- what are the pronouns?• Max brings the phone to his mom. = it

– Max brings it to him mom.• My husband brings me flowers. = them

– My husband brings me them.• I see you.= you

– I see you• Julie sees Marie-Claire.- her

– Julie sees her.• Patrick rides the horse. = it

– Patrick rides it.

En françaisMe, m’- me Nous- us

Te, t’- you vous- you

Le, l’- it (masculine), himLa, l’- it (feminine), her

Les- them

Max brings the book. Max brings it (le livre– masculine– le)Max le porte.My husband brings flowers. My husband brings them. (les fleurs plural-les.)Mon mari les porte.You see her. Tu la vois.I am going to bring the books. (les livres- plural- les)Je vais les porter.

Note: the pronoun goes IN FRONT OF THE CONJUGATED VERB.Note: if there is an infinitive, the pronoun goes IN FRONT OF INFINITIVENote: if the me/te/le/la is used in front of a vowel sound, use m’/t’/l’Note: if there is a de after the conjugated verb and before the infinitive, used with the pronoun ‘le’ Do not contract! J’ai besoin de le faire. (J’ai besoin de faire le travail.)

Indirect Object Pronouns

• Answer the question- to/ for whom?

• My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me

• He gives the gift to you. To whom? you?

En français- indirectMe (m’)- to/for me Nous- to/ for us

Te (t’)- to/ for you Vous- to /for you

Lui- to/ for him/ her Leur- to/ for them

My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –meMon mari me porte les fleurs.

She gives the gift to you.Elle te donne un cadeau.

I am going to write a letter to you. Je vais t’écrire une carte.Note- the indirect object pronoun goes in front of the verb.Note- the indirect object pronouns goes in front of the infinitive if there is one.Note- if the me/te is used in front of a vowel sound- m’/t’

Indirect Object Pronouns

• Je lui écris une carte. I write a letter to him/her.• Marie m’écrit une carte. Marie writes a letter to me.• Nous leur écrivons des cartes. We write letters to

them.• Je vais lui écrire une carte. I am going to write a letter

to him/her.• Je désire lui écrire une carte. I want to write a letter to

him/her.• Nous allons leur écrire des cartes. We are going to

write letters to them.