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Object Pronouns

Subject		Direct Object		Indirect Object		Disjunctives
je	I	me (muh)	me	me	to me	moi (mwah)	me
tu	you	te (tuh)	you	te	to you	toi (twah)	you
il	he	le	him	lui (lwee)	to him	lui	him
elle	she	la	her	lui	to her	elle	her
nous	we	nous	us	nous	to us	nous	us
vous	you	vous	you	vous	to you	vous	you
ils	they	les	them	leur	to them	eux (uh)	them
elles	they	les	them	leur	to them	elles	them

Note: You have already learned the subjectpronouns. They go before the conjugated verb forms. The Direct andIndirect Object pronouns go before the verb even though inEnglish they go after it. They also go after the ne in a negativesentence and right before the verb. The disjunctive always go afterprepositions, or can be used alone for emphasis.

Sample Sentences:

I buy some pants.	J'achète des pantalons.
I buy them.	Je les achète.
I give the box to you.	Je vous donne la boîte.
I give it to you.	Je vous la donne.
After you. (familiar)	Après toi.
We go with her.	Nous allons avec elle.
He doesn't leave her.	Il ne la part pas.
He leaves her.	Il la part.
I love you.	Je t'aime. orJe vous aime.
She doesn't love him.	Elle ne l'aime pas.

Note: When you have more than one pronoun; me,te, nous, or vous come first, then le, la, or les,then lui or leur. Me, te, le, and lacontract to m', t', and l' when they precede a vowel, thesame way je does. In commands, the pronouns go after the verb,connected with a hyphen. And the pronoun order changes a little too: Le,la, or les come first; then moi, toi, (Me and te becomemoi and toi in commands) nous, or vous; then lui, orleur.

If you have pronouns, they go before thecomplete verb in regular sentences; but after the ne and beforethe form of avoir in negative sentences.

Nous lui avons parlé.	We spoke to him/her.
Vous en avez écouté trois.	You've listened to three of them.
Je t'ai demandé du pain.	I asked you for some bread.
Il ne l'a pas aimé.	He didn't like it/her/him.
Tu n'y as pas habité.	You didn't live there.
Je ne vous ai pas parlé.	I didn't speak (or haven't spoken) to you.
Nous ne l'avons pas fini.	We didn't finish (or haven't finished) it.

In the passé composé with avoir, directobject pronouns only must agree in gender and number with the pastparticiple.

Je les ai aimés.	I liked them.
Il l'a regardée.	He watched her.
Elles nous ont écouté(e)s.	They listened to us.

Note: Add an e if the pronoun isfeminine, and an s if it is plural. The l' could mean himor her, so you might not need to put the extra e on the pastparticiple. The same for nous and vous. They must have an sbecause they are plural, but it is unclear as to whether they aremasculine or feminine.

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