Une famille française : indirect object pronouns 'lui' and 'vous' | French

Starter quiz

Match the French words below to the correct English translations.

quelqu'un

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somebody, someone ✓

ne ... rien

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not anything, nothing ✓

ne ... personne

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not anyone, no one ✓

en retard

⇔

late ✓

se lever

⇔

to get up, stand up ✓
Which of these is the correct verb form for 'il'?

m'appelle

t'appelles

s'appelle ✓
Which of these is the correct verb form for 'je'?

te lèves

me lève ✓

se lève
True or false? In the sentence 'Je te donne un cadeau', 'te' is a direct object pronoun.

True

False ✓
Which words are missing in the following translation of the sentence 'He explains the problem to me.'? 'Il ______ le problème.'

'm'explique' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to translate the following sentence into French: 'I am speaking to you in French'.

1

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je

2

⇔

te

3

⇔

parle

4

⇔

en

5

⇔

français

Match the French nouns below to the correct English translations.

nuit

⇔

night ✓

salon

⇔

living room ✓

pièce

⇔

room, play, piece ✓

journée

⇔

day ✓

escalier

⇔

stairs, staircase ✓

Angleterre

⇔

England ✓
Which of these verbs require an indirect object pronoun to replace the object in the sentence?

téléphoner ✓

rappeler ✓

amener
Match the indirect object pronouns in French below to the correct English meanings.

me, m'

⇔

(to) me ✓

te, t'

⇔

(to) you ✓

lui

⇔

(to) him, her ✓

vous

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(to) you plural, singular formal ✓
Which is the correct translation of 'He explains his excellent idea to her.'?

Elle lui explique son excellente idée.

Il vous explique son excellente idée.

Il lui explique son excellente idée. ✓

Elle m'explique son excellente idée.
Which words are missing from the following sentence 'Je ______ pour parler de la soirée.' (I phone you (formal) to talk about the party.)

'vous téléphone' ✓
Sort the words below into the correct order to make a sentence in French.

1

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tu

2

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lui

3

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rappelles

4

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la

5

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visite

6

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à

7

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Paris

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When someone or something receives the action of a verb indirectly, use 'lui' to mean 'to him/her': 'je lui parle'.
When the indirect receiver of the action of the verb is formal 'you', use 'vous' to mean 'to you': 'elle vous parle'.
Indirect object pronouns are also used after verbs followed by 'à', e.g., 'il lui parle, nous vous téléphonons'.

When using the verb 'rappeler', you need to have a suitable word for 'about', e.g., 'I am reminding you about the party'.

When using the verb 'rappeler', there is no need to include a word for 'about'. 'Rappeler' contains this idea within the verb.

Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is done to me, for you, to them
Lui - to him, to her
Vous - to you (plural, singular formal)