Les pronoms objets Mme Zakus

Les pronoms objets When dealing with sentences, subjects are part of the action of the verb. In other words, they “ do ” the action given to them.

Objects Nous mangeons le pizza  We eat the pizza. La banane frappe Dean  The banana hits Dean. In both of these sentences, we have also have objects. In the first, it is pizza. In the second, it is Dean. Therefore, people can be objects as well.

Where’s the object? You want to look for something that can be replaced by it, him, her, or them. Generally the object pronouns (objects directs en fran ç ais) go in front of the verb. Our objects directs are le (it, him), la (it, her) and les (them)

Des examples Jon mange la pomme. Object? la pomme.  Il la mange (it)

Des examples Prenez-vous le sucre avec du th é ? Object? Le sucre  Le prenez-vous avec du th é ? (it)

Des examples J ’ adore les artistes de country Object? Les artistes de country  Je les adore. (them)

People are objects too! Nous regardons Richard manger un glace. Person? Richard.  Nous le regardons manger un glace. (him)

People as objects Cherchent-ils Joanne? Person? Joanne  La cherchent-ils? (her)

People as objects Nous trouvons Alain et Joe. Persons? Alain et Joe  Nous les trouvons (them)

What if it belongs to someone? Even if the object belongs to someone, you would still replace it with le, la or les. Je vois tes amis  Je les vois.

Belonging to someone J ’ ai son crayon  Je l ’ ai.

Belonging to someone Michel prend notre voiture demain  Michel la prend demain.

Le n é gatif What about the negative? Just follow the rule, and place ne … pas around the verb and the object pronoun. Je ne vois pas tes amis  Je ne les vois pas

Le n é gatif Il n ’ a pas ton stylo  Il ne l ’ a pas.

Le n é gatif Vous ne mangez pas les gâteaux  Vous ne les mangez pas.

Avec Futur proche All of the previous examples deal with sentences where we only have one verb. What about when we have more than one? Futur proche: Je vais acheter un chandail bleu

Avec futur proche Past rules have told us to worry about the first verb. However, here the action in relation to the chandail bleu is acheter. Therefore … Je vais l ’ acheter. In the negative: Je ne vais pas l ’ acheter. (so our rules for negative will apply as normal when we have two verbs)

Avec Pass é compos é Pass é compos é : Nous avons mang é les pommes. Here, our usual rule of concerning ourselves with the first verb will apply. Therefore …

Avec Pass é compos é Nous les avons mang é. In the negative: Nous ne les avons pas mang é (again, our usual rules for negative apply when dealing with two verbs)

Pratiquons!

J ’ ach è te une nouvelle batterie aujourd ’ hui. Je l ’ ach è te aujourd ’ hui. N: Je ne l ’ ach è te pas aujourd ’ hui.

Il a trouv é la solution! Il l ’ a trouv é ! N: Il ne l ’ a pas trouv é

Vous avez les livres pour votre classe? Vous les avez pour votre classe? N: Vous ne les avez pas pour votre classe?