Multiple Object Pronouns Multiple Object Pronouns Yippee!

Je mange la pomme. Rewrite the sentence to say: I eat it.

Je mange la pomme. Rewrite the sentence to say: I eat it. Je mange LA POMME Je mange LA. Remember the French say: I it eat. Je la mange.

I give the road map to Suzanne. Use le, la, les et l’ to say it or them for DIRECT OBJECTS How do you say: I give the road map to Suzanne. Je donne la carte routière à Suzanne Replace la carte routière with a direct object pronoun

I give the road map to Suzanne. How do you say: I give the road map to Suzanne. Je donne la carte routière à Suzanne Now rewrite the sentence replacing : à Suzanne with a pronoun To SUZANNE is not a Direct Object… It does not answer the question WHO or WHAT. To Suzanne does answer the question TO WHOM or FOR WHOM So that means it is an INDIRECT OBJECT

LUI or LEUR What are the possibilities for INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS What are the possibilities for INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS Dealing with people in French? LUI or LEUR

Je lui donne la carte routière. I give the road map to Suzanne. Je donne la carte routière à Suzanne. Je lui donne la carte routière. Now replace à Suzanne with an indirect object pronoun for people Which pronoun would you use? LUI --à + a person Use LEUR for à + people It is really that simple!

I to her give the road map. The order is still a little weird (for an English-speaker.) The French say: I to her give the road map.

Je la lui donne. That was easy, n’est-ce pas? Let’s make it harder. That was easy, n’est-ce pas? Let’s make it harder. Write: I give the road map to Suzanne. Replace ROAD MAP with a direct object pronoun Replace TO SUZANNE with an indirect object pronoun for people Je la lui donne.

La= la carte routière Lui= à Suzanne Je la lui donne. Je la lui donne. La= la carte routière Lui= à Suzanne In French both Direct and Indirect object pronouns come Before the verb, or the helper verb, or the infinitive.

Je la lui donne. Elle le lui fait. When you have a direct and indirect object pronoun in the same sentence what is the order? Je la lui donne. Elle le lui fait. Oui, the le, la, les, l’ comes first. Then you insert the lui, leur

Try a few: Je donne le plan à Joseph. Try a few: Je donne le plan à Joseph. Elle écrit l’adresse pour Marie et Michelle. Vous avez vendu la voiture à Pierre. Je le lui donne. Elle la leur écrit. Vous la lui avez vendue. Eh oui, don’t forget to make PAST PARTICIPLE AGREEMENT when you have A PRECEDING DIRECT OBJECT in the Passé Composé