Direct Object Pronouns
le or l' = him / it
la or l' = her / it
les = them
In French, object pronouns come before the verb.
Exemple:
Je prépare le dîner = I am preparing dinner
Je le prépare = I am preparing it
Nous regardons la télé = We are watching t.v.
Nous la regardons = We are watching it
Il fait ses devoirs = He is doing his homework
Il les fait = He is doing it (them)
N.B. homework (les devoirs) is plural in French
Il met ses chaussures = He puts on his shoes
Il les met = He puts them on
When talking in the past, if you use the perfect tense the pronoun comes before the auxiliary verb (avoir or être)
Exemple:
J'ai préparé le dîner = I prepared dinner
Je l'ai préparé = I prepared it
Notice that le and la both become l' before a vowel
Nous avons regardé la télé = We watched t.v.
Nous l'avons regardée = We watched it
Il les a faits = He did it (them)
Il a mis ses chaussures = He put on his shoes
Il les a mises = He put them on
The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that some past participles have changed. This is not an essential grammar point for those who just want to get by conversationally, but if you are someone who needs to understand this things, read on......
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Direct Object Pronouns
le, la, l' and les used before the verb are direct object pronouns. The past participle must agree with the preceding direct object pronoun.
This means that if the preceding direct object pronoun is feminine singular, the past participle takes an extra e.
Exemple
Nous avons regardé la télé
Nous l'avons regardée
If the preceding direct object pronoun is masculine plural, then the past participle takes an s.
Exemple
Il a fait ses devoirs
Il les a faits
If the preceding direct object pronoun is feminine plural, then the past participle takes an e and an s
Exemple
Il a mis ses chaussures
Il les a mises
If the preceding direct object pronoun is feminine plural, then the past participle takes an e and an s
Exemple
Il a mis ses chaussures
Il les a mises
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