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Indirect object pronouns

Now that you have mastered the pronom objet direct, let’s take a look at the pronom objet indi-

rect (indirect object pronoun).

In English there are five indirect object pronouns me, you, him, her, us. As always, French 

distinguishes between an informal you (te) and a formal or plural you (vous). The French indirect 

object pronoun does not, however, distinguish gender; lui and leur replace both masculine and 

feminine nouns. In French, the indirect object pronoun replaces only animate indirect objects 

(people, animals). Inanimate ideas and things are replaced with the indirect object pronouns y 

and en, which will be discussed later in this chapter. Let’s look at the indirect object pronouns:

SINGULAR PLURAL