1) Pronouns always go just before the verb which they
complement.
Quand
mon copain me donne des chocolats, je les mange tout de suite.
(When
my boyfriend gives me chocolates, I eat them right away.)
If there are modal
verbs, they still go just before the verb which they complement.
J'aime les manger très vite, sans les sucer.
(I like to eat them very quickly, without sucking them.)
('les' (chocolats) are the object of 'manger', not 'aime')
Je devrais les manger plus lentement, mais je
ne peux pas m'empêcher de les manger très
vite.
(I should eat them more slowly, but I can't hold myself
back from eating them very quickly.)
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2) In compound tenses, pronouns
go just before the auxiliary.
J'ai vu un autre film de Cédric Klapisch, et je l'ai
beaucoup aimé aussi.
(I've seen another film by Cédric Klapisch, and I liked
it a lot, too.)
Je lui ai donné quatre étoiles dans ma revue.
(I gave it four stars in my review.)
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3) In negative sentences, pronouns
always follow the 'ne'.
Je n'aime pas les films de Jean-Luc Godard, par contre,
parce que je ne les comprends pas.
(I don't like films by Jean-Luc Godard, though, because
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So in negative compound tenses, pronouns will
go between the 'ne' and the auxiliary.
J'ai vu son film Week-end, et je ne
l'ai pas aimé.
(I've seen his film Weekend, and I didn't like
it.) |
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