OBJECTIF

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OBJECTIF

• To learn how to use
• direct object pronouns
• (DOPs) correctly

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What are they?
me you it him her us them

• the words

When these words are the object of the main verb
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I love cheese
verb
subject
object
the person/ thing doing the action
the person/ thing to which the action is done
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we hate fish
verb
subject
object
the person/ thing doing the action
the person/ thing to which the action is done
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Direct object pronouns are used all of the time
to avoid repetition.
Eg. Do you like meat? No, I hate it
I hate it
object of the verb hate pronoun (replaces noun
meat)
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Direct object pronouns are used all of the time
to avoid repetition.
Eg. Do you watch films? Yes, I watch them
every week-end
I watch them
object of the verb watch pronoun (replaces noun
films)
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me/m me
te/t you
le/l him/it
la/l her/it
nous us
vous you
les them
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Using DOPs

• Tu regardes la télé ?

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Find the object
la
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Work out what the DOP is..
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Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
je la regarde
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Using DOPs

• Tu fais les devoirs ?

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Find the object
les
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Work out what the DOP is..
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Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
je les fais
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Using DOPs

• Tu connais ma soeur et moi ?

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Find the object
nous
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Work out what the DOP is..
3
Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
je vous connais
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Note that the DOP might be plural in French,
when in English it is singular!!
!
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Note that the DOPS le and la change to
l before a verb that starts with a vowel.
!
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Using DOPs

• Tu aimes le lait ?

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Find the object
Work out what the DOP is..
le
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Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
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je le aime
je l aime
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Using DOPs with NEGATIVES

• Tu aimes les épinards ?

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Find the object
Work out what the DOP is..
les
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Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
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je les aime
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Put the ne in front of the DOP and the pas
after the verb
je ne les aime pas
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Infinitives

• DOPs go in front of infinitives
• eg. Je ne veux pas le faire
• Elle a refusé de me parler

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EXERCICE

1. Soaps I find them boring
2. I love you, do you love me ?
3. TV, I watch it every evening
4. I dont like Paul- I find him arrogant
5. Im inviting you to my party
6. Sophie , I see her at the supermarket every day
   
7. My wallet unfortunately I loose it at least
   twice a year ( au moins)
8. My French friends I meet them every summer
   in July

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Using DOPs with compoundpast tenses

• Take care when using DOPs with the perfect and
  pluperfect tenses
• Follow this rule

subject (pronoun) DOP auxiliary past
participle
agrees with DOP
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Using DOPs

• Jai bu le vin

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Find the object
Work out what the DOP is..
le
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Put the DOP in front of the auxiliary
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je le ai bu
je l ai bu
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Check the past participle agrees with DOP
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Using DOPs

• Nous avons lu la lettre

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Find the object
Work out what the DOP is..
la
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Put the DOP in front of the auxiliary
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nous la avons lu
nous lavons lu
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Check the past participle agrees with DOP
nous lavons lue
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Using DOPs

• Il a tué ses femmes

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Find the object
Work out what the DOP is..
les
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Put the DOP in front of the auxiliary
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il les a tué
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Check the past participle agrees with DOP
il les a tuées
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DOPs
me / mme te /tyou le/lhim/it la/lher/it no
usus vousyou lesthem

• Tu regardes le foot ?

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Find the object
le
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Work out what the DOP is..
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Put the DOP between the subject and the verb
Oui je le regarde Non je ne le regarde pas Je
naime pas le regarder Oui je lai regardé hier
soir
Tu as regardé al télé? Oui je lai regardée hier

In the Perfect Tense it must agree with the
past participle
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EXERCICE

1. Soaps I find them boring
2. I love you, do you love me ?
3. TV, I watch it every evening
4. I dont like Paul- I find him arrogant
5. Im inviting you to my party
6. Sophie , I saw her at the supermarket
7. My wallet unfortunately I lost it on the
   underground
8. My French friends I met them last week