Indirect Objects

Indirect Objects tell TO whom / what or FOR whom / what

the action ( the verb ) is done.
In English, the indirect object of a sentence may be :
--- a noun,
Ex)
She likes to write Paul notes.
--- a noun phrase,
Ex)
She likes to write her boyfriend notes.
--- a pronoun,
Ex)
She likes to write him notes.
--- a to or for phrase Ex)
She likes to write notes to Paul / her boyfriend / him.
In French, the indirect object may be either :

an IO pronoun ( for people only )

or an or pour phrase.

English uses the same pronouns for both direct objects ( DO ) and indirect objects ( IO ).
The French Direct Object and Indirect Object pronouns are the same for the 1st and
2nd person, but in the 3rd person, there are different pronouns for direct objects and
for indirect objects.

French Indirect Object Pronouns

me / m

me

nous

us

te / t

you

vous

you / yall

lui

him, her

leur

them

( NOT it )

( people only )

PLACEMENT OF INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS

Vous donnez l examen vos lves.

PRSENT / 1 VERB SENTENCES

Vous leur donnez l examen ?

IMPERATIVES ( COMMANDS )

In front of the verb

In Negatives --- between ne and the verb
Vous ne leur donnez pas l examen ?

Connected w/ a hyphen after the command verb*

* Use moi and toi instead of me and te

In Negs --- between ne, and the command verb

Donnez leur l examen !

FUTUR PROCHE / 2- VERB SENTENCES

Vous allez leur donner l examen ?

PASS COMPOS / COMPOSED TENSES

Vous leur avez donn l examen ?

Ne leur donnez pas l examen !

Between the 2 verbs

In Negs -- between pas and the 2nd verb
Vous n allez pas leur donner l examen ?

In front of the helping verb.

In Negs --- between ne and the helping verb
Vous ne leur avez pas donn l examen ?