To find the direct object in a sentence ask the question Who or What I see Pierre Je vois Pierre Who do I see Pierre Im eating the bread Je mange le pain What am I eating Bread ID: 735336
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How to avoid repetitionSlide2
Direct objects are the people or things in a sentence which receive the action of the verb.
To find the direct object in a sentence, ask the question "Who?" or "What?“
I see
Pierre
. / Je
vois
Pierre
. /
Who
do I see?
Pierre
.
I'm eating the
bread / Je mange le pain. / What am I eating? - Bread.
Direct object pronouns are the words that
replace
the direct object, so that we don't say things like "Marie was at the bank today.
When
I saw Marie I smiled."
It's
much more natural to say "Marie was at the bank today. When I saw
her
I smiled."Slide3
The French direct object pronouns are:
me
/
m'
me
te
/
t'
you
le
/
l'
him, it
la
/
l'
her, it
nous
us
vous
you
les
themSlide4
French direct object pronouns are placed
in front of the verb
.
I'm eating
it
. / Je
le
mange.
He sees
her
. / Il
la
voit
.
I love
you
. / Je
t'
aime
.
You love
me
. /
Tu
m'
aimes
.Slide5
SPV SPAPP SAPISlide6
Indirect objects are the objects in a sentence
to
or
for whom/what
* the action of the verb occurs.
I'm talking to
Pierre
.
Je
parle
à
Pierre
.
To whom
am I talking?
To Pierre
.
He buys books for the
students
Il
achète
des livres pour
les
étudiants
.
For whom
does he buy books? -
For the students
.Slide7
Indirect object pronouns are the words that replace the indirect object, and in French they can only refer to
a person
The French indirect object pronouns are
me / m' to me
te
/ t' to you
lui
to him/ her
nous to us
vous
to you
leur
to themSlide8
Like direct object pronouns, French indirect object pronouns are usually
placed
in front of the verb
.
I'm talking
to him
.
Je
lui
parle
.
He buys books
for them
.
Il
leur
achète
des livres.
I'm giving the bread
to you
.
Je
vous
donne
le pain.
She wrote
to me
.
Elle
m'
a
écrit
.Slide9
The French
pronoun
y
is so tiny that you might think its role in a sentence is not very important, but, in fact, quite the opposite is true. This letter is extremely important in French.
Y
refers to a previously mentioned
place
; it is normally translated as "there" in English.
y
usually replaces a
prepositional
phrase beginning with something like
à
,
chez
, or
dans
(at, in, or in)Slide10
Are you going to the bank today? No, I'm going (there) tomorrow. >
Tu
vas à la
banque
aujourd'hui
? Non,
j'y
vais
demain
.
We're going to the store. Do you want to go (there)? > Nous
allons
au
magasin
.
Tu
veux
y
aller
?
He was at Jean's house. He was there. > Il
était
chez Jean. Il y
était
.
Note that "there" can often be omitted in English, but
y
can never be omitted in French.
Je
vais
(I'm going) is not a complete sentence in French; if you don't follow the verb with a place, you have to say
J'y
vais
.
Y
is also found in the expressions
il
y a
,
on y
va
, and
allons
-y
, which translate into English as, "there is," "let's go," and "let's
go"Slide11
En replaces
de + noun
En
can mean some/any/of it and replaces things. Quantities do not need to be replaced.
Do you want some juice? Yes I want some.
Tu
veux
du jus?
Oui
j’en
veux
.
Does he have any books? Yes he has 3 of them.
Il a des livres?
Oui
il
en
a 3.Slide12
Using multiple pronouns
me
te
se
nous
vous
le
la
les
lui
leur
y
en