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1.30:_Pronoms_indirects
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<p><strong>Indirect objects</strong> can only be used for persons and are those people in a sentence to whom the action of the verb occurs. You can determine the indirect object by asking yourself the question, “To whom” or sometimes “for whom”. Many of the verbs of communication (parler, écrire, dire, répondre, demander, téléphoner ) take an indirect object.</p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Je parle à Caroline</span>.<span class="mt-color-666699"><em>I’m talking to Caroline ➤ </em></span> <span class="mt-color-666699">To whom am I talking? to Caroline. object.<br /> <span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Je <strong>lui</strong> parle</span>. <em>I’m talking to her</em></span></p> <p><strong>The French indirect object pronouns are as follows:</strong></p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=73" title="Pronoms indirects" width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Est-ce que tu parles <span style="text-decoration:underline;">à ta voisine</span> ?</span> <span class="mt-color-333399"><em>Do you speak to your (female) neighbour?</em></span><br /> <span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Oui, je <strong>lui</strong> parle</span> !<em><span class="mt-color-333399"> Yes, I speak to her!</span></em></p> <p><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Est-ce que vous écrivez un email <span style="text-decoration:underline;">aux étudiants</span> ?</span> <em><span class="mt-color-666699">Are you writing an email to the students?</span></em><br /> <span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Oui je <strong>leur</strong> écris. un email. </span> <em><span class="mt-color-666699">Yes I’m writing an email to them.</span></em></p> <p>Note: When deciding between direct and indirect objects, the general rule is that if the person is preceded by the preposition “à”, that person is an indirect object.</p> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="564" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=110" title="Pronoms indirects. ex." width="958"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p>
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