1. Les pronoms objets
An object receives the action of a verb. There are direct objects and indirect objects.
Objects that are nouns can be replaced by pronouns. We often do this in normal conversation.
Ex: His parents bought a car. (direct object)
His parents bought it. (direct object pronoun)
His parents bought a car for Matt.
(indirect object)
His parents bought a car for him.
(indirect object pronoun)

2. Les Objets Directs
In English direct objects are used to tell whom or what. They receive the action of the verb.
Direct objects can be replaced by direct object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them.
See if you can determine which words in these sentences are the direct objects, and therefore answer the questions who or what. Be careful - some sentences have more than one! The sentences are on the next slide.

3. Identify the direct objects in these sentences!!!
1. Nicole read the book, gave it to Cassie, who took it to the bonfire and burned it.
2. She sent an to me, and I forwarded it to the principal.
3. Jean Luc speaks French. He speaks it every day in class.
4. We respect all the students in our class.
7. We saw you on at the basketball game.
8. I met him at Starbucks.
9. My parents don’t understand me.

4. Les objets indirects
Indirect objects take the place of nouns that tell to whom or for whom an action is done.
Ex: Lise and Fifi made them crêpes.
(The pronoun them tells us for whom Lise and Fifi prepared the crêpes.)
You can ask yourself to whom or for whom the action occurs in order to determine what the indirect object is. Verbs such as to send, to show, and to give often have indirect objects.
Identify the indirect objects in these sentences (on the next slide) in English. I know some of you may think this is idiot work, but it will help you to better understand how this works in French!!!!

5. Find the indirect objects!!!!
1. Jean Luc showed us the sights of Paris.
2. Did you parents buy you that car?
3. Let’s write a letter to the editor of the newspaper!
4. Send me that .
5. Buy some croissants for us, OK?
6. Get me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
7. Buy some croissants for Jean Luc.
8. She is going to turn in her paper to the teacher after school.

6. Sentences with both a direct and indirect object
Many sentences in English and French have both a direct and an indirect object in them. Here are a few examples in English.
1. He sent a dozen roses to me.
A dozen roses = direct object
To me = indirect object
2. Nicole makes the cake for us.
The cake = direct object
For us = indirect object

7. Direct and indirect objects A quick summary……
Direct object answers the question who or what.
He watches the movie. ( the movie is the direct object)
Indirect object answers the question to whom, for whom.
They send it to her. (to her is the indirect object)
Of course, these direct and indirect objects that are nouns can be replaced by direct and indirect object pronouns.

8. Les objets directs et indirects
Here is a list of the direct and indirect object pronouns, and what they mean in English.
Subject direct object indirect object
Je me (m’) [me] me (m’) [to me]
Tu te (t’) [you] te (t’) [to you]
Il le (l’) [him,it] lui [to him]
Elle la (l’) [her, it] lui [to her]
Nous nous [us] nous [to us]
Vous vous [you] vous [to you]
Ils les [them] leur [to them]
Elles les [them] leur [to them]

9. La position des objets dans les phrases
In general, object pronouns come right before the conjugated verb.
Subject (+ne) + object pronoun + conjugated verb (+pas)
Il regarde le film. --> Il le regarde.
Il ne regarde pas le film. --> Il ne le regarde pas.
Il chante la chanson. --> Il la chante.
Il ne chante pas la chanson. --> Il ne la chante pas.
Il me voit. Il ne me voit pas.
Jean Luc nous regarde. Jean Luc ne vous regarde pas.
Je téléphone à Pierre. Je lui téléphone.
Je ne téléphone pas à Luc et Jean. Je ne leur téléphone pas.
J’écris à ma tante. Je lui écris.
Je n’écris pas à mon cousin. Je ne lui écris pas.

10. Mettez en anglais…..
See if you can figure out what these sentences mean in English. They all have direct object pronouns in them.
1. Il m’écoute.
2. Nous vous regardons.
3. Je les vois.
4. Je l’attends.
5. Je veux la visiter.
6. Il me téléphone.
7. Elles ne m’aident pas.
8. Je vous invite à la boum.
9. Je ne la prépare pas.
10. Ils ne le mangent pas.
11. Tu l’achètes?
12. Tu ne la regardes pas.

11. Lui, leur
In French, the indirect pronouns me, te, nous, vous are the same as the direct object pronouns. This should make it a lot easier to use them!!!! The only ones that are different are for the third person - to him, to her, to them. Here they are:
Lui - to him, to her, for him, for her
Leur = to them, for them
These indirect object pronouns answer the questions to whom? or for whom?

12. Comment employer lui, leur
Lui and leur are used only for people, and they replace
à + nouns representing a person. Look at the examples.
Tu parles à Luc. --> Tu lui parles.
You talk to Luke. --> You talk to him.
Tu ne parles pas à Jean. --> Tu ne lui parles pas.
You don’t talk to John.--> You don’t talk to him.
Je téléphone à mon ami. --> Je lui téléphone.
I call my friend > I call him.
Je ne téléphone pas à ma mère. --> Je ne lui téléphone pas
I don’t call my mother. --> I don’t call her.

13. La position de lui, leur
Indirect object pronouns NORMALLY come before the conjugated verb.
J’offre un DVD à mon ami.
Je lui offre un DVD.
Je n’offre pas de DVD à mon frère.
Je ne lui offre pas de DVD.
Direct or Indirect - how do you know????
If the verb in French is normally followed by
à + a person, then it takes an INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN.

14. Verbs followed by a direct object
Écouter - to listen to
Regarder - to look at; to watch
Chercher - to look for
Aller chercher - to get, pick up
Attendre - to wait for
Payer - to pay for
Connaître - to know a person
Aider - to help
Aimer - to like, to love
Inviter - to invite
Rencontrer - to meet someone by chance, to run into someone
Retrouver - to meet someone somewhere
Voir - to see

15. Les verbes avec un objet indirect
There are certain verbs in French that are always followed by à, and many of these verbs are not followed by à in English. These are the verbs that will take an INDIRECT OBJECT. A few of these verbs are listed here for your learning pleasure.
Téléphoner à = to call, to telephone
Parler à = to talk to
Répondre à = to answer (to someone)
Montrer à = to show (to someone)
Offrir à - to give a gift (to someone)
Écrire à = to write (to someone)
Donner à = to give something (to someone)
Rendre visite à = to pay a visit (to someone)
Obéir à - to obey (someone)
Désobéir à - to disobey
Prêter à = to lend something (to someone)
Dire à = to say or tell (to someone)
Plaire à - to please
Ressembler à - to look like
Pardonner à - to forgive

16. Révision - les objets directs et indirects
Direct objects answer the question who? Or what?
Me, te, nous, vous, le, la, l, les are the direct object pronouns in French.
Me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur are the indirect object pronouns.
Indirect object pronouns answer the question to whom or for whom.
They replace à + a noun referring to people
Object pronouns in French normally come before the conjugated verb.
Il me regarde. Il ne te regarde pas.
Je le mange. Nous vous regardons.
Tu leur téléphone. Tu ne me téléphone pas.