destroymaster263

[simple quarry]

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[tepid bloom]

Well, the original sentence isn't quite correct/natural

but it can be understood

first off, do you understand how the indirect object pronoun "me" and the adverbial pronoun "en" work?

[violet lotus]

yes

[tepid bloom]

ok, so do you know how to say "he gives me the book"?

[violet lotus]

il me donne le livre ?

[tepid bloom]

yup!

and "he gives it to me?"

[violet lotus]

il me le donne?

[tepid bloom]

perfect

now "he gives me some water" ?

[violet lotus]

il me donne de l'eau

[tepid bloom]

nice

and "he gives me some"?

[violet lotus]

il m'en donne i think?

[tepid bloom]

bingo

ok, so the rules we're dealing with in your example are fundamentally the same

buuut there's a negation going on which complicates things a little bit

normally, with imperative sentences, the pronouns get put in a different order from normal sentences
however, here you're dealing with a negative imperative

[violet lotus]

yes

[tepid bloom]

and with negative imperatives the word order stays identical to normal sentences

donne-moi des bonbons -> give me candy
donne-m'en / donne-moi-z-en (second one is non-standard but more common) -> give me some
ne me donne pas de bonbons -> don't give me candy
ne m'en donne pas -> don't give me any (of that)

[violet lotus]

ohh ok