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pearl turret
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Gimme a minute

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That’s number 1

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Number 2 is going to be a doozy; I’m going to assume you don’t know how relative pronouns work and I’ll give it all instead

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« dont » is part 3 though I advise you read the whole thing

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Okay so for number 3, I’m guessing you mean ‘direct object pronoun’ and ‘indirect object pronoun’?

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The key here is knowing what is a direct object and what is an indirect object. Fortunately, it’s quite simple: Is there a preposition before the article/noun?

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It’s covered in detail in that whole thing I explained for number 2 but since you asked for pronouns, here’s the gist

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When it comes to the first and second person pronouns, it is ambiguous as the same pronoun is used directly and indirectly. These pronouns would be « me/te/nous/vous ». For example, « te » is direct here:
« Je te comprends (I understand you) »
but indirect here:
« Je te dis la vérité (I’m telling the truth to you) »
In these cases, you simply have to learn the arguments of a verb (comprendre quelqu’un, dire quelque chose à quelqu’un) and use contextual clues. For example, there’s already a direct object in the second sentence (la vérité) so « te » must be indirect. You can have a max of two objects: one direct and one indirect. Use that to your advantage.
For the third person, the pronoun sets are different. For the direct object, you have singular « le/la » and plural « les »; for the indirect object, you have singular « lui » and plural « leur ». A big thing to note is that « lui/leur » is only applicable to objects under « à » and « pour » in some cases. Thus, though « Tu te renseignes sur Émilie » is an indirect object, you cannot replace « sur Émilie » by « lui ».