Talk:French For Football/Grammar/Pronouns

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Confusing Notes

Latest comment: 15 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

These notes were removed from the page, as they look more related to verb perfect tenses than pronouns.Recent Runes (talk) 22:54, 16 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

Direct Objects

When the direct object comes before a verb in a perfect tense, a tense that uses a past participle, the direct object must agree in gender and plurality with the past participle. For example, in the phrase Je les ai eus, or I had them, the past participle would be spelled eus if the direct object, les, was referring to a masculine object, and eues if les is referring to a feminine object.

Indirect Objects

The indirect object pronouns do not agree with the past participle like the direct object pronouns do. When me, te, nous, and vous are used in a perfect tense, the writer must decide whether they are used as direct or indirect object pronouns. This is done by looking at the verb and seeing what type of action is being performed.

The bread is given by the man (direct). Pierre gets the given bread (indirect).