Hi !!
Indirect object pronouns
1- Tu nous écris ? ► oui, je <em>t'</em>écris
<em>Are you writing </em><em>to</em><em> us ? (Yes I am writing</em><em> to</em><em> you.)</em>
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2- Il prête un crayon à son ami. ► Il <em>lui </em>prête un crayon.
<em>He lends a pen to his friend. ► he lends him a pen.</em>
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3- Ton cousin te rends visite l'été ? ► Oui, il <em>me</em> rend visite.
<em>Your cousin is visiting you on summer. Yes he is visiting me</em>
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4- Nous parlons à toi.<em>(incorrect)</em> ► Nous <em>te</em> parlons. <em>(correct)</em>
<em>We 're talking</em><em> to</em><em> you . We are talking </em><em>to </em><em>you. </em>
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5- Vous parlez à vos amis souvent.► Vous <em>leur</em> parlez souvent.
<em>You're often talking </em><em>to</em><em> your friends. You 're often talking </em><em>to </em><em>them.</em>
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6- Sophie vous prête le CD? ► Oui,Sophie n<em>ous</em> prête le CD.
<em>Sophie lends you the CD? Yes, Sophie lends us the CD.</em>
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7- Nous donnons les cadeaux à toi. <em>(incorrect) ►</em>Nous <em>te</em> donnons les cadeaux. <em>(correct)</em>
<em> </em><em>We 're giving the presents to you. We are giving you the presents.</em>
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8- Je donne un cadeau à mes parents. ► Je <em>leur </em> donne un cadeau.
<em>I give a present to my parents. I give them a present.</em>
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9- Nous téléphonons à notre grand-mère. ► Nous <em>lui </em>téléphonons.
<em>We're calling our grandmother. We 're calling her.</em>
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10- Pierre montre son album de photos à ses copines. ►Pierre <em>leur </em>montre son album de photos.
<em>Pierre shows his photo album to his girlfriends. Pierre shows them his photo album.</em>
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11- Je parle à ma mère. ► Je <em>lui</em> parle.
<em>I talk </em><em>to</em><em> my mother. I talk </em><em>to </em><em>her</em>
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12- Je dis toujours la vérité à ma mère. ► Je<em> lui </em>dis toujours la vérité.
<em>I always tell the truth to my mother. I always tell her the truth.</em>
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13- Il téléphone à ses cousins. ► Il <em>leur </em>téléphone.
<em>He calls his cousins. He calls them.</em>
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<em>explanation</em>
<em>When a preposition ("à" , "pour"..) is followed by an </em><em>animated noun</em><em>, it is an indirect object noun and you can replace it by an indirect object noun.</em>
<em>The sentence n° 4 is incorrect = Nous parlons à toi. You must use the indirect object pronoun. ==> Nous te parlons.</em>
<em>In English, as far as I know, you've got some verbs always followed by"to" . as "talking to", writing to" ...that you can change .. Hope I'm right. But in French, as long as the noun is an animated word, you must replace it by an indirect object pronoun </em><em>just before the verb.</em>
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<u><em>Indirect object pronoun</em></u>
<u><em>english</em></u><em> </em><u><em>french</em></u>
me me, m' (if elision)
you (informal) te, t' (if elision)
him, her lui
us nous
you (plural and formal) vous
them leur
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the elision occurs when the following word begins with a vowel or a mute 'h'
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hope it helps to understand ☺☺☺