2/5/19- New unit. D+I object pronouns.  As the name suggests these pronouns replace ONLY the objects of a sentence. The object may be a direct or indirect object.  In addition, the object of the sentence is/was either implied or stated.

The D+ I chart

me                                  le                                           

te                                    la                   lui                   y                  en

se                                   les

nous                               l’

vous 

se

The pronouns in the first column may never be placed behind those in the 2nd, 3rd , 4th or 5th. The pronoun in the 5th column may never be placed in front of those in 4,3,2, or 1. None is interchangeable. Since you could conceivably have a pronoun for various objects in a sentence, thence many pronouns, they must follow the order of the D+I chart.  ‘En’ may never go in front of ‘le ‘or ‘la’ etc or ‘me’, ‘te’, ‘se’, etc ; ‘le’ or ‘la’ or ‘les’ may never be placed in front of ‘me’ or ‘te’ or ‘se’ or behind ‘lui’ or ‘leur’, or ‘Y ‘or ‘en’.

We re concentrating at first on le, la , les & L’. they are generally a direct object of a sentence.  Marie mange la pomme (Marie eat the apple): La Pomme is the object of the sentence and ‘la’ is the pronoun that fits most with it.

In English, an object pronoun is placed after the verb. In French it is placed in front of the verb. Example. I give the kitkat>>> I give it. OR je donne le kitkat>> je le donne. or in the previous example, Marie mange la pomme>>> Marie la mange.