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[iron idol]

Hi, there, what do you not understand about indirect pronouns?

Any specifics?

[finite cape]

When a verb has an object introduced by a preposition (usually à), said object is indirect.

J'ai écrit une lettre à Pierre.
Here, the bolded part represents an indirect object.
You can replace it with the corresponding indirect pronoun.
Je lui ai écrit une lettre.

[solemn cedar]

Assuming you're a native English speaker this can be particularly confusing since we use the same object pronouns for direct and indirect sometimes

I wrote him a letter (I wrote a letter to him)
I hit him

Je lui ai écrit une lettre
Je l'ai frappé

[stray relic]

so je would be the direct object in this sentence, why does the indirect object appear right after the direct object, and would that always be the case?

[iron idol]

« je » is the subject not the object

[stray relic]

oops yes

[iron idol]

There's an order to it

« écrire qqch à qqn »

[stray relic]

so would the indirect pronoun always come after the subject?

[iron idol]

Object pronouns, be they direct or indirect, come before the verb they modify

[stray relic]

mmmmmmmm ok that makes more sense

[iron idol]

Tu lui parles (You're talking to him)
Tu veux lui parler (You want to talk to him)
Tu le vois (You see him)
Tu peux le voir (You can see him)

[stray relic]

sooooo instead of saying "je parle avec il" i can say "je lui parle"?

[iron idol]

As you can see, the object pronouns come before the verb they modify. For the indirect that's « parler », for the direct that's « voir »

[iron idol]

No, « lui/leur » only works with « à + qqn » and « pour + qqn » in some cases

qqn = quelqu'un (someone)

Also, it's « je parle avec lui »

« il » is the subject pronoun

« lui » can be a bit confusing at the start since it can either be the indirect object pronoun (to him/to her) or the masculine singular tonic pronoun (him in the sense of 'Him, that guy there')

but the positioning helps

« lui » as an indirect object pronoun will always be placed before the verb while « lui » as a tonic will not be

[stray relic]

bertiebear do u know spanish? i am a native spanish speaker and english is my 2nd language, if i have a tough time understanding in english i try to conceptualize it in spanish it makes it easier for me

[stray relic]

can you explain a little bit on qqn? also, qqn = someone, what does qqch mean?

[hasty pendant]

qqn = quelqu'un = someone
qqch = quelque chose = something

[stray relic]

leur is used when replacing multiple people right

the equivalent of them?

[iron idol]

unfortunately no

[iron idol]

yes

[iron idol]

to them

'them' on its own can mean different things

[stray relic]

ex: je leur envoie des textos

[iron idol]

yup

J'envoie des textos à eux/à elles => Je leur envoie des textos

[stray relic]

ok one last one, what about te and t'

[iron idol]

t' is just te but before a vowel or a mute H

Je te vois / Je t'ai vu (te + ai vu)

[stray relic]

whats the te equivalent

in english

[iron idol]

That being said, the first and second persons are 'ambiguous' in the sense that their direct and indirect forms are the same

[stray relic]

if there is one

[iron idol]

« Je te parle »
« Je te vois »
Both use the same pronoun but it's indirect in the first one and direct in the second

[iron idol]

singular you

[stray relic]

so je te parle would be i talk to you

[iron idol]

mmhm

[stray relic]

je te vois = i see you

ok

much appreciated

[iron idol]

no problem

[hasty pendant]

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