Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Understanding Object Pronoun Verb Order in French
Understanding Object Pronoun Verb Order in French Mistakes will always be made in French, and now you can learn from them. There are two kinds of object pronouns, direct and indirect. Beginning students of French tend to misplace them and the result can be nonsense to the French ear. The rule of thumb: Place object pronouns beforeà the verb, with the indirect going before the direct object pronoun. When the verb is in the passà © composà © or another compound verb that includes an auxiliary verb, the pronoun precedes the entire verb; in other words, before the auxiliary verb, which isà the conjugated avoirà orà à ªtre. The Correct Format Its never correct to sayà Jai lui dit. The pronoun lui goes before ai, which begins the compound verb, like this: Je lui ai dit (Im telling him). The major exception is the imperative mood (limperatif), when object pronouns follow the verb: Donne-le-lui (Give it to him/her). Here are some examples of the correct format: Tu las vu? Have you seen it?Je lui ai dit la và ©rità ©. I told him/her the truth.Ilà leurà achà ¨te des livres. à He buys booksà for them.à Elleà ma à ©crit. à She wroteà to me.à *Je te lavais bien dit! I told you so! *In this example, there is both an indirect (te) and direct (le) object. Remember, the indirect object always comes first. The verb is still compound, but now the tense is plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) with the auxiliary verb in the imparfait (imperfect). So the object pronouns precede avais, which is the auxiliary verb here. Indirect Object Pronouns For indirect objects, the verbs action occurs to or for a person or other animate noun. Im talking toà Pierre. Je parle à Pierre.To whomà am I talking?à To Pierre. Indirect object pronounsà are the words thatà replaceà the name of the indirect object. They include: à à à meà /à mà à à meà à à teà /à tà à à youà à à luià à à him, herà à à nousà à à usà à à vousà à à youà à à leurà à à them Meà andà teà change toà mà andà t, respectively, in front of a vowel orà mute H. Direct Object Pronouns Direct objects are the people or things in a sentence that receive the action of the verb. To find the direct object in a sentence, ask who or what. I seeà Pierre. Je voisà Pierre.Whoà do I see?à Pierre. Direct object pronounsà are the words thatà replaceà the direct object, so that we can avoid endlessly repeating the name of the object. They include: à à à meà /à mà à à meà à à teà /à tà à à youà à à leà /à là à à him, ità à à laà /à là à à her, ità à à nousà à à usà à à vousà à à youà à à lesà à à them Meà andà teà change toà mà andà t, respectively, in front of a vowel orà mute H.à Leà andà laà both change toà l. Remember that both indirect objectà pronouns andà direct objectà pronouns precede the verb, with the indirect object pronoun going first. When deciding between direct and indirect objects, the general rule is that if the object is preceded by theà prepositionà à orà pour, that object is an indirect object. If its not preceded by a preposition, its a direct object. If its preceded by any other preposition, it cant be replacedà by an object pronoun.à If you have an indirect object thats not a person or animal, it can only be replaced with theà adverbial pronounsà y and en.à Y stands in for à aà nounà and usually means there or to it.à Enà replacesà de a noun and usually means some, any, one, or of it/them.
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