This document discusses direct and indirect object pronouns in French. [1] Direct object pronouns replace direct object nouns and answer the questions "who?" or "what?". [2] Some examples of direct object pronouns in French are me, te, le, la, les. [3] Indirect object pronouns replace indirect objects and answer the question "to/for whom?". Examples of indirect object pronouns are me, te, lui, leur.

1. Direct and Indirect Object
Pronouns
Français 2
L’unité 3 & L’unité 4

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. En français
Me, m’- me Nous- us
Te, t’- you vous- you
Le, l’- it (masculine), him Les- them
La, l’- it (feminine), her
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 INFINITIVE
Note: 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.)

5. 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?

6. En français- indirect
Me (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? –me
Mon 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’

7. 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.