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

2. 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.

3. [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!

4. 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.

5. [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!

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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.

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

10. Pierre comprend la question.
object
subject Il la
comprend.

11. (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 !

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

13. 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.

14. 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!