Object Pronouns
Love it or hate it, grammar 😨 is an essential part of language, and using object pronouns correctly is key to making your sentences sound more natural.
Today's issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at direct and indirect object pronouns (and other pronouns that work with them), where they go, and when and why it's important to use them. 🔑
Table of Contents
Lessons
Grammatically speaking,
objects are the 👩🏻 people 🧔🏽 and 📚 things 🏙️ that your verbs act on, and
object pronouns are the words that replace them so that you're not repeating the same words over and over and over and 🔁.
There are two types of objects, and therefore two types of object pronouns:
Direct objects
➡️ Direct object pronouns
Indirect objects
➡️ Indirect object pronouns
😕 Not sure about the difference? Take a look at Direct vs indirect object pronouns.
Once you feel comfortable with object pronouns, you need to know that there are two other types of pronouns that often work with direct and indirect objects:
In addition to knowing how 📜 to use these pronouns, you need to know where 🧭 to use them, so that's where these two lessons come in:
Object pronoun placement - Where do object pronouns go in different kinds of sentences?
Double pronoun order - When you have two pronouns, which one comes first?
Listening
Practice your understanding of object and related pronouns with these listening exercises.
À l'agence de location de voitures B1
Au secours, je n'ai plus internet ! B2
Hymne à l'Amour, d'Édith Piaf C1
Il y a un monstre sous mon lit ! B1
La lettre d'amour d'un vampire B1
🙋 B1 - B2 - C1 ?
These are 3 of the 6 CEFR proficiency levels.
Videos
Watch and listen and learn with some fun French videos.
Dix pour cent (série télévisée) B2
Pour que tu m'aimes encore, de Céline Dion B2
Quiz Time
Test yourself on object pronouns with these fill-in-the-blanks exercises.
First, see how you do with them individually:
And now, together:
Un cadeau pour la Fête des Mères
Writing
Practice your French object pronouns and translation skills with some writing exercises.
Juste pour rigoler
Comic courtesy of Malachi Ray Rempen, ItchyFeetComic.com
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