Object Pronouns Pp t

OBJECT

PRONOUNS

French III

Les pronoms objets

roulent!!!

Complment d'objet direct (COD)

Direct objects are the people or things in a sentence which receive the action of the verb.

To find the direct object in a sentence, ask the question

Who? or What?

Je vois Pierre.Who do I see? - Pierre.

Je mange le pain.What am I eating? - Bread.

SubjectS do the action, objectS receive the action

WHAT ARE PRONOUNS?

These are the replacement words we use instead of naming things - I see Jane becomes I see her, We eat cake becomes We eat it

In English pronouns come after the verb -They read the books/ They read them

In French, pronouns come

BEFORE the verb

WHAT do they look like?

Me Nous

Te Vous

Le Les

La

L

WHY should I use them?

To avoid repetition (think of it as a shortcut)

Ex: My mom is great. I love my mom. I took my mom out to dinner for her birthday.

My mom is great. I love her. I took her out to dinner for her birthday.

WHEN may I use them?

Cest lenface de lart! (its a piece of cake)

You can usually identify the direct object as

the noun that follows the verb in the

sentence.

I love you

HOW do I know which one to choose?

Me..me

You.te

Him.le/l

Her..la/l

It (masc.)le/l

It (fem.)..la/l

We.nous

You guys (all yall)..vous

Themles

WHERE should I put them?

1. First look for an infinitive. If there is an

infinitive, put the pronoun before the

infinitive.

2. If there is no infinitive, look for the

conjugated verb. Put the pronoun

before the conjugated verb.

3. Dont forget to get rid of the noun that you replaced with the pronoun!

Exercise 1 (translate into English):

1.Je ______la__________ voudrais.

2. Elle _____l_________ a eu.

3. Tu ______la_________ prfres.

4. Nous ____l_________ avons.

5. Vous ____le_________ voyez.

6. Tu ______les_________ cherches.

7. On veut __les_________ lire.

8. Je _______les_________ adore

9. Nous _____l_________ aimons

10. Marc ____le_________ dteste.


1. Nous pouvons les lire.

2. Elle aime lcouter.

3. Nous lavons mang.

4. Je lai rat.

5. Je les dteste.

6. Vous allez les dguster.

7. Tu vas le regarder.

8. Elle aime les manger.

9. Je ne lai pas entendu.

10. Je les grignote entre les repas.

ATTENTION !

With direct object pronouns you usually make the end of the verb in the past

tense agree

Ex: jai vu les filles

je les ai vues

With indirect object pronouns you do not need to worry

Complment d'objet indirect (COI)

WHAT do they look like?

Me Nous

Te Vous

Lui Leur

WHY should I use them?

To avoid repetition (think of it as a shortcut)

Ex: My mom is great. I bought a present for

my mom. I bought my mom a flower.

My mom is great. I bought her a present. I

bought her a flower.

WHEN may I use them?

Indirect objects are the people in a sentence to or for whom the action of the verb occurs.

In French, an indirect object is the preposition ( la, au or aux) or pour followed by a person or

people.

Je parle Pierre.

To whom am I talking? - To Pierre.

Il achte des livres pour les tudiants.

For whom does he buy books? - For the students.

How do I choose which one to use?

To Me. Me

To You Te

To Him Lui

To Her Lui

To Us. Nous

To You guysVous

To Them. Leur

WHERE should I put them?

1. First look for an infinitive. If there is an infinitive, put the pronoun before the

infinitive.

2. If there is not an infinitive, look for the conjugated verb. Put the pronoun before

the conjugated verb.

3. Dont forget to get rid of the person and the preposition (, la, au, aux, or

pour) that you replaced with the pronoun!


1. Nous lui crivons.

2. Je vais tacheter un cadeau.

3. Tu voudrais me donner un livre.

4. Vous lui donnez des haricots verts.

5. Jean lui a achet un restaurant.

6. Je vais leur tlphoner.

7. Tu leur as parl.

8. Claire leur dit quil ny a pas de devoirs.

Exercise 4 (replace indirect object

with appropriate pronoun):

1. On a demand au pompiste de vrifier lhuile.

-- On lui a demand de vrifier lhuile.

2.Le pompiste a conseill Marie et Robert de faire la vidange.

-- Il leur a conseill de faire la vidange.

3. Puis, le pomiste a dit toi quil veut vrifier la pression des pneus.

-- Puis, il ta dit quil veut vrifier la pression des pneus.

Exercise 4 (ensuite)

4. Il a parl ma mre.

-- Il lui a parl.

5. Il achte une nouvelle roue pour moi.

-- Il machte une nouvelle roue.

6. Le pompiste a nettoy le pare-brise pour

Richard et Alice.

-- Le pompiste leur a nettoy le pare-brise.


7. Jai dit au pomiste quil faut recharger la batterie.

-- Je lui ai dit quil faut recharger la batterie.

8. Tu as demand au pompiste le prix du

super.

-- Tu lui as demand le prix du super.

Pronouns and Negatives

Direct and indirect object pronouns go before

the verb when the phrase is negative and

the nepas or other negative term wraps round -

je ne laime pas

il ne la voit pas

nous ne les achetons plus

ils ne le livrent jamais

YWHY should I use it ?

To avoid repetition (short-cut)

Ex. I love the grocery store. I go to the grocery

store every Friday.

I love the grocery store. I go there every Friday.

When may I use it?

Use Y when you have the preposition ( la, au, aux) followed by a noun (not a person).

You also use Y when you have any preposition that refers to a location ( droite de, sur,

dans, etc) and a place

Tu vas la banque aujourd'hui? Non, j'y vais

demain.

Nous allons au magasin. Tu veux y aller ?

Il tait chez Jean. Il y tait.

Attention!

Y can also replace + a noun that is not a person,* such as with verbs that need .

Note that in French, you must include

either + something or its replacement

y, even though the equivalent may be

optional in English.

Je rponds une lettre. J'y rponds.

WHERE should I put it?



infinitive.

2. If there is not an infinitive, look for the



3. Dont forget to get rid of the noun and the preposition (, la, au, aux) that

you replaced with the pronoun!

EN

WHY should I use it?

To avoid repetition (short cut)

Ex. My car is fast. I talk about my car often.

My car is fast. I talk about it often.

WHEN may I use it?

Use EN to replace the preposition de (du,des) followed by a noun (not a person)

As-tu du pain ? Oui, j'en ai.

Il a envie d'une pomme. Il en a envie.

Je n'ai pas besoin d'un aide. Je n'en ai pas

besoin.

Attention!

In a sentence with a modifier, such as an adverb of quantity or a number, plus noun, en replaces the noun

and the modifier or number is placed at the end of the

sentence. Note that "of it" and "of them" are usually

optional in English, but en is required in French.

Il y a beaucoup de chambres. Il y en a beaucoup.

Je n'ai pas assez d'argent. Je n'en ai pas assez.

Je voudrais deux livres. J'en voudrais deux.

Nous avons achet 10 cahiers. Nous en avons achet 10.

Attention!

En also replaces de + noun with verbs and expressions that need de. Again, in

French, you must include either de +

something or its replacement en, even

though "about/of it" is usually optional in

English.

Que penses-tu de mon ide ?

-- Qu'en penses-tu ?

WHERE should I put it?



infinitive.

2. If there is not an infinitive, look for the



3. Dont forget to get rid of the noun and the preposition (de, du, des) that you

replaced with the pronoun!

Exercise 5 (replace object with y or

en):

1. Vous allez prendre la E. 411 pour aller

Bruxelles.

Vous allez prendre la E. 411 pour y aller.

2. Je vais Paris cet t.

Jy vais.

3. Nous avons besoin dune voiture.

Nous en avons besoin.

4. Vous allez vous arrter Bouillon?

Vous allez vous y arrter.


5. Jai demand au pompiste de nouveaux pneus.

Jen ai demand au pompiste.

6. Vous allez visiter des chteaux?

Vous allez en visiter?

7. Je mange des gaufres?

Jen mange.

8. Je mets ma plante dans le coffre.

Jy mets ma plante.

Exercise 5: (ensuite)

9. Elle est sur le lit.

Elle y est.

10. Nous allons acheter des cadeaux.

Nous allons en acheter.

11. Marie va au magasin.

Marie y va.

12. Je vais acheter un cadeau pour toi.

Je vais en acheter pour toi.

Lordre des pronoms

*Think of the shape as a slice of pizza!

me le lui y en

te la leur

nous les

vous

Bonapptit

Exercise 6 (replace object with the

appropriate pronoun):1. On a demand au pompiste de vrifier lhuile.

-- On lui en a demand.

2. Le pompiste a conseill Marie et Roger de faire la

vidange.

-- Il leur en a conseill.

3. Il a donn la bote Fatima.

-- Il la lui a donn.

4. Gilles et Ahmed apportent la roue de secours moi.

-- Ils me lapportent.


5. Elle envoie les directions tes amis.

-- Elle les leurs envoie.

6. Je mets la roue de secours dans le coffre.

-- Je ly mets.

7. Il place le livre sous la table.

-- Il ly place.

8. Je donne le cadeau ma grand-mre.

Je le lui donne.


9. Tu parles au pompiste de ta voiture.

-- Tu lui en parles.

10. Le pompiste dit Robert de payer.

-- Le pompiste lui en dit.

Limpratif

(pronouns come after the noun)

- In imperative commands, ME becomes MOI, TE

becomes TOI.

- If you have more than one pronoun, put them

in this order

- If the commands are negative, the reflexive

pronouns come before the conjugated verb

and do not change

Imperative order of pronouns

Le moi lui y en

La toi leur

Les nous

L vousGive it to me!

Donne-le-moi!

Exercise 7 (complete command by

replacing objects with the appropriate

pronouns):

1. Rachid, donne la bote outils Fatima.

-- Donne-la-lui

2. Fatima et Acha, apportez-moi la roue de secours!

-- Apportez-la-moi!

3. Acha, explique Rachid et Samir comment

changer le pneu!

-- Explique-le-leur!

Exercise 7: (ensuite)

4. Gilles et Ahmed, mettez la roue de secours

dans le coffre!

-- Mettez-ly!

5. Claire, envoie les directions tes cousines!

-- Envoie-les-leurs!

Cest facile,

nest-ce pas?

LA FIN!!!

Crdits:

http://staff.fcps.net/tla

mbert/handouts.html

http://french.about.co

m/od/grammar/a/direc

tobjects.htm

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