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Indirect object pronouns 2 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 4 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Indirect object pronouns 3 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. 5 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Indirect object pronouns 4 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. 6 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Indirect object pronouns 5 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. 7 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Indirect object pronouns 6 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. 8 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006

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Direct or indirect object pronouns? 1 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 vous is preceded by a preposition, can be direct or indirect that person/ thing is an indirect object pronouns but object. le, la, les are direct and If it is not preceded by a lui, leur are indirect. preposition, it is a direct object. For example, French verbs with à require an indirect object. 10 of 14 How do I know which to use then? © Boardworks Ltd 2006

Direct or indirect object pronouns? 2 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 whethere is a preposition in French. For example: Je rends la J’écoute visite radio à Anne – I listen – Ito visit the. Anne. radio Je lui l’écoute rends–visite – I listen Ito it visit her. In English, we don’t use ause preposition a preposition so weso need we use an indirect a directobject pronoun. However, in French the verb rendre écoutervisite is notisfollowed by the a preposition soàwe so need we need a direct an indirect object pronoun. 11 of 14 © Boardworks Ltd 2006