1. Les Objets Directs Les Objets Indirects
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.
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.

2. 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]

3. 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.

4. 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?

5. 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.

6. How to know if the verb takes a direct or indirect object pronoun
It can be a bit daunting to figure out if a verb in French takes a direct or indirect object, because the usage is different than in English.
If the verb in French is normally followed by
à + a person, then it takes an INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN.

7. les verbes avec un objet direct
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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Les Objets Directs et Indirects
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]
Direct objects answer the question who? Or what?
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.