Review of Pronouns and Direct Object Pronouns D’Accord 1 Leçon 7A.2 Review of Pronouns and Direct Object Pronouns

Placement of [Indirect] Object Pronouns (Review) Object pronouns go in two places in a sentence or question: Before a conjugated verb Example: Je te parle. (Negative) Je ne te parle pas. b) Before an infinitive Example: Je vais te parler. (Negative) Je ne vais pas te parler.

[Indirect] Object pronouns in commands In an affirmative command, the object pronoun goes AFTER the verb and is preceded by a hyphen. Example: Donne-moi un bonbon! In a negative command, the object pronoun goes before the conjugated verb. Example: Ne me donne pas de bonbon!

Placement of [Direct] Object Pronouns (it’s the same…) Pronouns go BEFORE THE CONJUGATED VERB when there is only one verb. Je mange la pizza.  Je la mange. The object pronoun goes BEFORE the INFINITIVE in a sentence when there is a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive. Example: Il aime manger les crêpes.Il aime les manger. In a negative sentence, the ne…pas goes around the conjugated verb and the object pronoun goes before the infinitive. Example: Nous n’aimons pas manger les petits pois. Nous n’aimons pas les manger.

[Direct] Object pronouns in commands In an affirmative command, the object pronoun goes AFTER the verb and is preceded by a hyphen. Example: Mange le gâteau!Mange-le! In a negative command, the object pronoun goes before the conjugated verb. Example: Ne mange pas le gâteau! Ne le mange pas!

Point de départ In Leçon 6B, you learned about indirect objects. You are now going to learn about direct objects. Note that a direct object receives the action of a verb directly and an indirect object receives the action of a verb indirectly. While indirect objects are frequently preceded by the preposition à, no preposition is needed before the direct object.

Direct object pronouns : me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les Direct objects pronouns can replace direct objects. They refer to the people or things that receive the action of a verb. They also answer the question “who” or “what” to the verb. In English these pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you and them. In French: me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les

Direct object pronouns These nouns are not the subject of the verb; they are the OBJECT. To replace them you need another sort of pronoun: She saw Pierre. He likes Marie.

You can use a direct object pronoun in the place of a direct object noun.

Pierre comprend la question. object subject Il la comprend.

(Le and la are shortened to l’ in front of a vowel or a silent h ) Direct pronouns come in front of the verb, unlike in English : Je le prends.  I’ll take it. Je peux vous aider ?  Can I help you? (Le and la are shortened to l’ in front of a vowel or a silent h ) Mon petit frère a deux ans. Je l’adore ! My little brother is two. I love him !

Negative Statements: In a negative statement, place the direct object pronoun between ne/n’ and the conjugated verb.

Direct object pronouns with infinitives: When a direct object follows a conjugated verb, the direct object pronoun precedes the infinitive. Il va manger le sandwich. Il va le manger. He is going to eat the sandwich.  He is going to eat it.

Le passé compose! When a direct object pronoun is used with the passé composé, the past participle must agree with it in both gender and number. *This only applies to direct object pronouns!