May I ask this?

Question

ll envoie les fleurs à Sophie
to 
ll les lui envoie. Why not 
ll lui les envoie 
is this totally wrong? Please clarify. Thank you.

Accepted Answer

Hi Ca,
This is because of the order of multiple pronouns in a French sentence- 
The direct object pronouns (les) will be before the indirect object ones (lui).
Take a look at the following lesson for further examples:
Using direct and indirect object pronouns together
Hope this helps!

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Hi, I just check that.

ll envoie les fleurs à Sophie 
To 
ll les lui envoie. 
ll te la envoie. 
Is the only way say this? 
is ll lui... In any situation would be wrong?

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Hi Ca,
Il les lui envoie = Il envoie les fleurs à Sophie
Il te l'envoie = Il envoie la lettre/le livre à toi
Il te les envoie = Il envoie les fleurs à toi
Il lui parle/envoie = he speaks /sends to him/her
Hope this helps, let me know if still unclear....

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Here is a nice self contained article which explains the pronomial order in French:
https://www.dummies.com/languages/french/object-pronoun-word-order-in-french/

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Hi Cécile,

Do you mean ll lui is possible to use like ll lui parle/ll lui envoie
but if ll les lui that's the only way to explain ll envoie les fleurs à Sophie.
ll lui les, les can't be the indirect object here?

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thanks Chris for sharing the link.

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Hi Ca, 
You cannot say :
Il lui les  
always -
Il les lui ....envoie

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Hi Cécile,

Merci beaucoup.