French Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns Explained Simply: le, la, les, lui, leur
If you’ve ever written a French sentence and instinctively put the pronoun after the verb — the way you would in English — you’ve hit the single most common intermediate-level mistake in French grammar. Direct and indirect object pronouns (le, la, les, lui, leur, and their relatives) don’t just replace nouns; they also move to a completely different position in the sentence. This guide breaks the system down clearly, with the word-order rule explained once and for all.