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Direct – the thing/person directly affected by the verb
- I see him
- Je le vois
- He loves her
- Il l’adore (la)
- He buys flowers
- Il achète des fleurs
- She hates them
- Elle les déteste
Indirect – the sentence can be ‘unpacked’ to include a ‘to’ or a ‘for’
- He gives her flowers
- Il lui donne les fleurs
- He bought them for her
- Il les lui a acheté
- She goes to see her parents
- Elle va voir ses parents
- She gives them the flowers
- Elle leur donne les fleurs
| Order of Pronouns | ||
| 1 (direct/indirect) | 2 | 3 |
| Me | Le | Lui |
| Te | La | Leur |
| Nous | L’ | |
| Vous | Les | |
Examples
- Il me les donne
- He gives them to me
- Je le lui dit
- I say it to him
- Il nous leur présente
- He introduces us to them
- Ils nous les présente
- He introduces them to us
