Look at these sentences with me change when turned into affirmative imperatives:
Tu me montres les éléphants, s'il-te-plaît.
- Papa, montre-moi les éléphants!
You show me the elephants, please.
- Daddy, show me the elephants!
Tu me donnes les fleurs?
-Non.
-Donne-moi les fleurs!
You're giving me the flowers?
-No.
-Give me the flowers!
Tu m'aides avec mes devoirs?
-Non.
-Allez, aide-moi avec mes devoirs!
Are you helping me with my homework?
-No.
-Come on, help me with my homework!
In affirmative commands, the object pronoun me (as in: Give me that!) follow this pattern:
1- The pronoun me become stress pronoun moi
2- They are placed after the verb with a hyphen in between.
See also Le, la, les vs lui, leur in affirmative commands (L'Impératif)
and Conjugate regular verbs in L'Impératif (imperative)
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Tu me montres les éléphants, s'il-te-plaît.
- Papa, montre-moi les éléphants!
You show me the elephants, please.
- Daddy, show me the elephants!
Tu m'aides avec mes devoirs?
-Non.
-Allez, aide-moi avec mes devoirs!
Are you helping me with my homework?
-No.
-Come on, help me with my homework!
Tu me donnes les fleurs?
-Non.
-Donne-moi les fleurs!
You're giving me the flowers?
-No.
-Give me the flowers!
Q&A
Ron
Kwiziq community member
3/08/17
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
5/08/17
G
Kwiziq community member
28 November 2018
1 reply
In the green grammar box above,
the way the explanation is written suggests you are talking about more than one pronoun – not just ‘me-moi’. Are there others?
i.e. 2- THEY are placed after the verb………
Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
28 November 2018
28/11/18
HI G,
Yes, there are other pronouns, the following lesson will explore them -
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/when-to-use-le-la-les-versus-lui-leur-in-affirmative-commands-imperatif
But in the example, "Donne-moi ça!" ( Give that to me !) it could be
Donne-lui = Give him
Donne-nous = Give us
Donne-leur = Give them
Hope this helps!