Order of indirect and direct object

Stuart C.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Order of indirect and direct object

You have these two examples:

Ne la lui écris pas! (Don't write it to her!)

Ne me le donne pas! (Don't give it to me!)

I see the underline under me le but I don't know how to interpret it. In the first example you have direct object (la) then indirect object (lui). In the second example the reverse: indirect object (me) then direct object (le). Is there a rule here that I'm missing?

Thank you

This question relates to:French lesson "Position of French object and adverbial pronouns in negative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Stuart,

There is an order for placing multiple pronouns after the subject pronouns in a sentence, and it is as follows -

me , te , se , nous, vous

then,

le, la ,les

then,

lui, leur

then,

This is not true of the imperative affirmative commands when the pronouns come after the verb, separated by a hyphen, lots of lessons on this on Kwiziq...

Hope this helps!

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Stuart C.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Yes that helps a lot. I had missed that tip.

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