Page 3 - Lecon -7 L'argent de poche lesson note 2

INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS

1) The indirect object pronouns (i.e COI) particularly replaced by persons

and the verbs followed by the preposition ‘à’ (parler à, écrire à etc.)
2) For finding COI,I word question can be asked (i.e a qui?) after the verb.

Eg. Tu téléphones à ton ami ?(Tu téléphones à qui ?-Ton ami.)
Tu lui téléphones.

NOTE :There is no accord used in passe compose.
Singular Plural

st
1 person Me/m’(to me) Nous (to us)

nd
2 person Te/t’(to you) Vous(to you)
rd
3 person masculine Lui(to him) Leur(to them(m))

rd
3 person feminine Lui(to her) Leur(to them(f))

PLACEMENT OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT PRONOUNS
You have already learnt the placement of an individual pronouns, but it

becomes more complicated when all comes together In 1 sentence. See

below the placement of all pronouns together.
1 2 3
Pronom me le Lui

sujet + ne/n’ te la Leur Verb+pas

nous I’
vous les

Eg. Son ami a présenté sa petite amie a sa mère.-----Il la lui a présentée.

Son ami is a subject pronoun. So it is replaced by ‘Il’.
Sa petite amie I a direct object. So it is replaced by ‘la’.
Sa mere is an indirect object followed by the preposition’ à’.So it is

replaced by ‘lui’.

PRONOUNS IN IMPERATIVE

There are two kinds of imperatives, affirmative and negative, and the
word order is different for each of them.