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”

There are two types of objects◦ Direct Objects◦ Indirect Objects

We are going to use the following sentence as a model for the rest of the lesson: ◦ Georges throws the ball to Jean.

Indirect means ‘when there IS someone or something in the way’, usually indicated by the word or sense of TO

So - “he talks to me”

What’s the difference?What’s the difference?

Je t’aime mon amour!

Direct literally means ‘when there’s no-one or nothing in the way’

So - he kisses me.

Direct objects DIRECTLY receive the action of the verb.

Direct objects answer the question what or whom.

Let’s go back to our model:◦ Georges throws the ball to Jean.

What does Georges throw? The ball! The ball is the direct object.

Try the following: Caroline writes the letter to her Grandma.

◦ Direct object: the letter Mathieu is going to read books to his sister.

◦ Direct object: books The teacher speak French.

◦ Direct object: French

Direct object pronouns replace direct objects.

In English the direct object pronouns are: me, you, it, him, her, us, them.

Let’s go back to our sentence:◦ Georges throws the ball to Jean.◦ Direct object: the ball◦ Pronoun to replace the ball: it◦ George throws it to Jean.

Try the following: Caroline writes the letter to her Grandma.

◦ Direct object: the letter Replaced with: it (Caroline writes it to her Grandma.)

Mathieu is going to read books to his sister.◦ Direct object: books

Replaced with: them (Mathieu is going to read them to his sister.)

The teacher speaks French.◦ Direct Object: French

Replaced with: it (The teacher speaks it.)

The direct object pronouns in French are:◦ Me (me)◦ Te (you [tu])◦ Le (him/it—masculine, singular)◦ La (her/it—feminine, singular)◦ Nous (us)◦ Vous (you—vous form)◦ Les

There are two rules you must follow when using object pronouns in French:

1. Object pronouns must agree with the noun they are replacing

2. Object pronouns go before the verb they are linked to.

Remember, le and la become l’ before a vowel!

Let’s translate our sentence into French:◦ Georges throws the ball to Jean.◦ Georges lance le ballon à Jean.

If ball is the direct object in English, what is the direct object in French:◦ Le ballon

Le ballon is masculine singular, therefore we must use LE to replace le ballon.

Georges lance à Jean.Georges lance à Jean.Georges lance à Jean.

le ballonle ballon

(le)(le)lele

Caroline écrit la lettre à sa grand-mère.◦ Caroline l’écrit à sa grand-mère.

Mathieu va lire les livres à sa soeur.◦ Mathieu va les lire à sa soeur.

Le prof parle le français.◦ Le prof le parle.

The indirect object pronouns in French are:◦ Me (to me)◦ Te (to you [tu])◦ Lui (to him/it/her)◦ Nous (to us)◦ Vous (to you—vous form)◦ Leur (to them)

1. Object pronouns go before the verb they are linked to.

Caroline écrit la lettre à sa grand-mère.◦ Caroline lui écrit la lettre.

Mathieu va lire les livres à sa soeur.◦ Mathieu va lui lire les livres.

Le prof donne les livres aux eleves.◦ Le prof leur donne les livres.

(To) me/ you/ us

Him/her/ it/them

To him/to her/to them

me te nous vous

le la les l'

lui leur

When using more than one pronoun in a sentence they will ALWAYS go in this order

Ses amis racontent l’histoire à Murielle Elle donne le message à Franck vous envoyez les produits au client

Ses amis la lui racontent Elle le lui donne vous les lui envoyez