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[bright ferry]

Sure, what are you not understanding?

b) and d) are indirect object pronouns btw

[olive bobcat]

I understand things such as putting the direct object pronoun before the verb, however, I am wondering how to answer questions

because I have done exercises about rewriting questions with a DOP

[bright ferry]

Well, you're just replacing the objects here into their pronoun forms

That's it

The « oui » or « non » just determines whether or not you have the negation

[olive bobcat]

so for example, would the first one be Oui, je veux l'etudier

[bright ferry]

works

don't forget « l'année prochaine »

[olive bobcat]

Oh okay I understand the first one

For the indirect is the only difference that Elle/Il is lui and Elles/Ils is leur?

[bright ferry]

yup

[olive bobcat]

how do you know its indirect?

[bright ferry]

Does it have a preposition before the object?
-> Yes = Indirect
-> No = Direct

that easy

[olive bobcat]

oh okay so the preposition is a right

[bright ferry]

yup

[olive bobcat]

wait so how do you respond to the second question, my french is not that good

[bright ferry]

The same as how you do the direct

but use the indirect object pronouns

The difference is that direct object pronouns replace just the objects but indirect object pronouns replace the objects and the preposition

[olive bobcat]

would it be Oui, nous parlez souvent?

[bright ferry]

You can think of the preposition as being an integral part of the object in that case

[bright ferry]

Two things: (1) Where is the pronoun, and (2) « parlez » is not the right conjugation for « nous »

[olive bobcat]

ok the pronoun is nous isnt it? I thought it was already put in

parlez should be parlons i think

[bright ferry]

That's the subject pronoun

[olive bobcat]

wait do I use nous twice?

[bright ferry]

the object pronoun is not there

[bright ferry]

No, that would imply you speak to yourself

You should probably read this and get back to me

[olive bobcat]

okay

would the object pronoun be ils because I am replacing vos cousins?

[bright ferry]

« ils » is a subject pronoun

« vos » here is only a possessive, it doesn't factor into the pronoun choice

[olive bobcat]

oh wait shouldnt it be les?

[bright ferry]

That's if it's direct

[olive bobcat]

ohh my bad leur

[bright ferry]

What you're replacing is « à vos cousins » not « vos cousins »

[bright ferry]

Nice job

So what would be the full sentence?

[olive bobcat]

Oui, nous leur parlons souvent

[bright ferry]

Nice work!

I'm guessing you can probably take care of the rest

[olive bobcat]

yeah okay thank you so much for your help

[bright ferry]

np

I can give you some more if you want

[olive bobcat]

yeah please thank you

wait so just to confirm the third one is Oui, je le fait les courses?

or is it Oui, je le fait ce soir

[bright ferry]

1. Est-ce que tu veux aider les gens ? Oui…
2. Est-ce que vous avez écrit ce message ? Non, nous…
3. Est-ce que je veux faire cette tâche ? Non…
4. Est-ce qu'elles ont écouté la nouvelle chanson ? Oui…
5. Est-ce qu'il va faire ses tâches ? Non…

[bright ferry]

No.
(1) « le » is the singular direct object pronoun; « les courses » is plural.
(2) If you already have an object pronoun, you don't need to repeat the object unless it's for emphasis.

Also, because the subject is « il », you can keep the subject pronoun in the answer as « il » as well

[olive bobcat]

so Oui, il fait les ce soir?

[bright ferry]

Pronouns are not located after the verb.

[olive bobcat]

so il les fait ce soir?

[bright ferry]

yup

[olive bobcat]

wait doesn't l'etudier need to be conjugated?

Hello?

[bright ferry]

No

There’s already a conjugated verb, « je veux »

[olive bobcat]

oh okay

[bright ferry]

You can only have one conjugated verb per clause. Question, what’s your native language? Is it English?

[olive bobcat]

yes english is my native language

[bright ferry]

Wonderful so let me ask you a question: Which one is correct, ‘He loves drinks coffee’ or ‘He loves to drink coffee’?

[olive bobcat]

the second one

[bright ferry]

Right and as you can see, only the first verb is conjugated (he loves) while the rest are not (to drink)

[olive bobcat]

Oh okay

[bright ferry]

The same concept applies to French: you say « Je veux étudier », not « Je veux étudie »

[olive bobcat]

okay I understand

with the screenshot I provided, I was wondering how to do negatives for questiond

if question D was not asking for a negative, would it be Oui, je leur téléphonent?

wait it should be Oui, je lui téléphonent

How do i make it negative/

[bright ferry]

Check your conjugations please

« téléphonent » is for the third person plural « ils/elles »

[bright ferry]

Do you know how negation works?

[olive bobcat]

telephone sorry I forgot to change it

yes I put ne and pas around the verb

[bright ferry]

do that

Reminder: ne goes after the subject, pas after the conjugated verb

[olive bobcat]

does only the verb go inside?

so Non, je lui ne telephone pas?

[bright ferry]

There's an order to this

wait

[olive bobcat]

so lui is included within?

[bright ferry]

yes

[olive bobcat]

I did not know that I thought only the verb goes inside ne and pas

[bright ferry]

While it's accurate to say that « ne » comes before the conjugated verb, it falls apart when objects come into play so it's better to say that « ne » comes after the subject pronoun

[olive bobcat]

okay I understand

[bright ferry]

Do note that the negative adverb « pas/plus/jamais/rien » comes after the CONJUGATED verb

That's because in compound tenses, the negative adverb will come in the middle which can trip you up

[olive bobcat]

Okay

[bright ferry]

I'll give two examples: the first being two verbs and the second being a compound tense.
(1) Je vais dire la vérité. => Je ne vais pas dire la vérité.
(2) Elle a dit la vérité. => Elle n'a pas dit la vérité.

[olive bobcat]

okay I think I understand that

[bright ferry]

notice how « ne … pas » wraps just around the conjugated parts like « vais » and « a »

it doesn't wrap around the entire group like « Je ne vais dire pas / Elle n'a dit pas »

[olive bobcat]

damn french is a little confusing 😅

[bright ferry]

There are two exceptions for this: « ne … personne » and « ne … nulle part »

[bright ferry]

Once you understand it, it becomes easier

English is also confusing but you just don't notice it

[olive bobcat]

yeah english has lots of exceptions however, I just apply english more in my life

Anyways I would like to stick onto Direct object pronouns

so for e, is it Non, je peux ne faire pas?

[bright ferry]

Again, negation wraps around the CONJUGATED verb

[olive bobcat]

so Non, je ne peux pas faire leur

I forgot the leur

[bright ferry]

Pronouns are placed before the verb

[olive bobcat]

So, Non, je ne leur peux pas faire

[bright ferry]

For compound verbs (i.e. more than one verb), it's before the relevant verb
For compound tenses (i.e. auxiliary verb plus participle like passé composé), it's before the auxiliary

Read this

[olive bobcat]

Okay I understand kinda, however, I don't think my french teacher would go that in depth currently

[bright ferry]

Either way it's good to learn

[olive bobcat]

So with this is it correct?

[bright ferry]

No

The relevant verb here is « faire », not « pouvoir »

[olive bobcat]

ohh okay I understand that

so its je ne peux pas leur faire

[bright ferry]

Wonderful!

[olive bobcat]

is the final one, Oui, les ils ont lu ce livre?

[bright ferry]

Before asking you should ask yourself: Is this pronoun placed correctly? Reread the rule

[olive bobcat]

should it be Oui, ils ont les lu ce livre?

lu is the only verb in the sentence right

[bright ferry]

« ont » is the auxiliary

« lu » is the past participle

Why did you write « les » and why did you put it there?

I've already told you to look at the object and what the rules are regarding object pronoun placement

[olive bobcat]

I wrote les because I thought the question was asking if they read the book, I thought I had to address as them?

[bright ferry]

Object pronouns replace the object

What is the object in that sentence?

[olive bobcat]

livre

[bright ferry]

« ce livre » okay

How many books are there?

[olive bobcat]

1 i think

[bright ferry]

Good

Is there a preposition before « ce livre » ?

[bright ferry]

Reminder: singular is « ce/cet/cette », plural is « ces »

[olive bobcat]

okay

what is a preposition again?

[bright ferry]

A word that modifies a noun or pronoun, usually indicating some sort of relationship

The relevant preposition is « à (to) »

[olive bobcat]

im sorry I dont understand

[bright ferry]

Just read this
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/prepositions/

[olive bobcat]

okay I understand what a preposition is now but how is a relevant to the question we are answering?

[bright ferry]

Because the existence of a preposition determines whether or not the object is direct or indirect

[olive bobcat]

so question f is direct because it does not contain a?

[bright ferry]

exactly

so we know it's not « lui/leur »

Okay, we know it's direct and singular, so it's either « le » or « la »

What is the gender of « livre » ?

[olive bobcat]

im not sure on how to check gender

[bright ferry]

Use this website

nm = nom masculin (masculine noun)
nf = nom féminin (feminine noun)

[olive bobcat]

so its masculine

[bright ferry]

Good so it's « le »

[olive bobcat]

how do you know the gender of things without a dictonary?

are there certain rules

[bright ferry]

« ont lu » is a compound tense, so where do you put the object?
hint: ||before conjugated verb||

[bright ferry]

You just have to memorise it

That's why you don't memorise just « livre » but « un livre »

[olive bobcat]

how do people memorise all the nouns im surprised there is no rule

[bright ferry]

you just do by usage

[olive bobcat]

it says precedes the auxillary

[bright ferry]

good

so… where should it be

[olive bobcat]

before the verb

[bright ferry]

good

what's the full sentence?

[olive bobcat]

Oui, ils ont les lu ce livre

lu is the verb right

[bright ferry]

…

The verb is the auxiliary AVOIR

[olive bobcat]

oh wait it shouldnt be les

[olive bobcat]

So Oui, le ils ont lu ce livre

[bright ferry]

… why

[olive bobcat]

isnt ils ont the conjugated version of avoir

[bright ferry]

object pronouns are before the verb but after the subject pronoun

[bright ferry]

« ils » is the subject pronoun

the actual verb is just « ont »

[olive bobcat]

Oh im so sorry I didn't know that

so its Oui, ils le ont lu ce livre

[bright ferry]

Two things:
(1) Contraction is mandatory, so « l'ont »
(2) You don't need « ce livre » since you already have the pronoun

[olive bobcat]

oh okay my bad

[bright ferry]

In English, contractions are frowned upon but in French they're mandatory

so « le/la + ont » will always make l'ont

[olive bobcat]

okay I understand

[bright ferry]

@olive bobcat Try answering these

You need a lot of training for this honestly

[olive bobcat]

Yeah I am not fluent at all in this

for the first one is it Oui, je veux aider

[bright ferry]

Where is your object pronoun?

[olive bobcat]

Im sorry but its 5:55 right now in the morning for me I have to go to school now

get ready at least

[bright ferry]

good luck mate, you need a lot of it

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