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[lusty cairn]

Direct/indirect relates to the presence of prepositions before an object.
In a sentence like « Je vois Émilie », you see that there's nothing between the verb « voir » and the object « Émilie ». We call « Émilie » a direct object because there's nothing between the two.
However, in a sentence like « Je parle à Émilie », there exists something between the verb « parler » and the object « Émilie » : the little « à ». This « à » is what we call a preposition. Since we have a preposition between the verb and object, we call it an indirect object. The preposition sticks to the object so we're not seeing just « Émilie » but « à Émilie ».

Whether or not a verb uses a preposition (whether or not it takes a direct or indirect object) depends on the verb itself so you'd have to memorise the objects of a verb when you learn a new verb.

That's direct and indirect objects. Direct and indirect object pronouns are those two things but in pronoun form. From the example above, we have « Émilie » which represents a grammatical person. This person is considered to be someone that neither the speaker nor the listener – otherwise the words 'me' or 'you' respectively would be used – so this is grammatically 'third person': someone outside of the conversation. Since we only have one object, it's third person singular. A pronoun is basically shorthand that carries personal information (first/second/third person, singular/plural, masculine/feminine).

[mighty nebula]

Okay but say we had a question like, est-ce que tu envoyé ton devoir à ton professeur? How would we respond to that I know it’s used either oui or non but since it has à it’s indirect right ?

[merry wolf]

If you essentially need to answer the question "to whom/what?" then the object is indirect.

[lusty cairn]

You're conflating two separate things. The fact that it's a yes-no question has no bearing on the nature of its object.

[merry wolf]

Est-ce que tu as donnée ta lettre à ton professeur ?
=> Oui, je la lui ai donnée.
=> Non, je ne la lui ai pas donnée.

[lusty cairn]

Anyway, for the direct and indirect pronouns, they are identical in the first and second person but not the third person. For direct third person pronouns, you have masculine singular « le », feminine singular « la », and masculine OR feminine (depends on context) plural « les ». For indirect third person pronouns, you have singular « lui » and plural « leur ».

For a question like « Est-ce que tu as envoyé ton devoir à ton professeur », I can say « Oui, je le lui ai déjà envoyé. »

Tu as envoyé ton devoir à ton professeur
=> Je le lui ai envoyé

ton devoir = direct object
à ton professeur = indirect object

[mighty nebula]

Oh okay that makes sense

And one more question sorry, but what would be the best way to practice this all, so I can understand it to my best ability’s?

[lusty cairn]

Find a verb, look at its object, and make a sentence

Dictionaries usually mark it

WordReference does, it's absolutely golden

[mighty nebula]

Alright thank you

[lusty cairn]

Notice how the verb has the preposition attached?

Some verbs can take different prepositions

qqn = quelqu'un (somebody/sb)
qqch = quelque chose (something/sth)