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Mastering Direct Object Pronouns in English and French

Learn how to identify and use direct objects in English and French, plus understand the role of direct object pronouns with clear examples. Improve your language skills today!

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Mastering Direct Object Pronouns in English and French

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  1. Direct Object Pronouns Whom or what receives the action of the verb!

  2. Basic Review • Direct Objects in English receive the action of the verb • To find the direct object, you ask: What? Whom? Ex. Rufus bought contact lenses. Ex. Zippy and Maurice played soccer yesterday.

  3. subject + verb + what? or who? = direct object

  4. French Direct Objects • Direct Objects in French are the same thing as in English. Just ask yourself: What? Whom? Ex. Tout le monde aime Robert Pattinson. Ex. Nous voyons le film.

  5. sujet + verbe + quoi? ou qui? = l’objet direct

  6. Direct Object Pronouns • Instead of saying: Tout le monde aime Robert Pattinson the direct object is replaced by a direct object pronoun (DOP). Therefore, you would say: Tout le monde l’aime. You would have an “l’” because “aime” starts with the vowel, “a”. Here are the DOPs that replace the direct object:

  7. direct object pronouns

  8. Rule One • The DOP precedes the verb -in the present tense -in the past tense Ex. Il mange le raisin rouge. Il a mangé le raisin rouge. Il le mange. Il l’a mangé.

  9. Rule Two • The DOP precedes -the infinitive of a futur proche construction Ex. Elle va faire les devoirs. Elle va les faire.

  10. Rule Three • The DOP -attaches to the end of the verb with a hyphen for a positive command Ex. Lisez le tableau. Lisez-le.

  11. Rule Four • The DOP -precedes the verb in a negative command Ex. Ne vois pas le film. Ne le vois pas.

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