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Lesson 3.04 - Money
G: Personal Pronouns Review
Main article: w:French personal pronouns
Direct Objects
While the subject of a sentence initiates an action (the verb), the direct object is the one that is affected by
the action. A direct object pronoun is used to refer to the direct object of a previous sentence:
Pierre voit le cambrioleur. Pierre sees the burglar.
Pierre le voit.
Pierre sees him.
The following table shows the various types of direct object pronouns:
French me, m' te, t' le, l' la, l' nous vous les
English me 1 you 1 him, it her, it us 1 you 1 them
Notes:
1 me, te, nous, and vous are also used as indirect objects to mean to me, to you, to us, and to you
respectively.
The pronoun form with an apostrophe is used before a vowel.
The direct object pronoun for nous and vous is the same as the subject.
When the direct object comes before a verb in a perfect tense, a tense that uses a past participle, the
direct object must agree in gender and plurality with the past participle. For example, in te phrase Je
les ai eus, or I had them, the past participle would be spelled eus if the direct object, les, was referring
to a masculine object, and eues if les is referring to a feminine object.
Indirect Objects
An indirect object is an object that would be asked for with To whom...? or From whom...?. It is called
indirect because it occurs usually together with a direct object which is affected directly by the action:
Il donne du pain à Pierre. The man gives some bread to Pierre.
Il lui donne du pain.
He gives bread to him.
The following table shows the various types of direct object pronouns:
French me, m' te, t' lui nous vous leur
English to me 1 to you 1 to him, to her to us 1 to you 1 to them
Notes:
1 me, te, nous, and vous are also used as direct objects to mean me, you, us, and you respectively.
The pronoun form with an apostrophe is used before a vowel.
The indirect object pronoun for nous and vous is the same as the subject.