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Asim Ali
French Pronoms: Le/La/Les/Lui/Leur/en
Bonsoir,
I am really struggling to understand pronoms. Lui or le/la and leur or les. I just don't get it. Is anyone able to provide examples of when to use le/la vs lui and les vs leur please? I think there is also a rule about it being a person or an object and also where the pronom is placed in the sentence.
I also don't understand 'en' e.g. j'en etc.
Merci beaucoup!
Asim
Mar 28, 2016 9:04 PM
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Okay, don't pay attention to the first comment, that was an accident but
Je veux manger la pomme
Je veux la manger (la pomme)
Elles n'aiment pas l'homme
Elles ne l'aiment pas (l'homme)
Tu as les cartes
Tu les as (les cartes)
Vous souvenez Michel/Michelle?
Vous lui souvenez? (Michel/Michelle)
Nous détestons les abeilles
Nous leur détestons (les abeilles)
Combien de chaises sont dans la salle de classe? Il y a cinq chaises.
Combien de chaises sont dans la salle de classe? Il y en a cinq (chaises)
Here are examples of each being used properly and how you would use them for direct (le/la/les) and indirect (lui/leur) object pronouns.
March 28, 2016
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Le/la/les is like "the" in english, le is masculin, la is feminin and les is plural. lui is "him" and leur is "their"
March 28, 2016
Je veux manger la pomme
March 28, 2016
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Asim Ali
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