I literally said the same thing to my vice principal but they are just like, “education doesn’t have to be fun” and I just gave up trying to talk to them. Thanks for the video!
Actually David Crystal talks about it that native speakers are not the best teachers at all. Normally those who have learnt the language as a second language know the most for hard work. This video was very helpful.
Great explanation. Even though I’m learning from a native French speaker, it takes a British person to explain it in a way a British person can understand perfectly. You’ve done that for me in 8 minutes.
The overriding message from the language learning companies and industry is "learn from a native. it's the best way to go!". But learning a language involves overcoming many different challenges. Some of which a native is perfectly suited for, and some of which, someone who speaks your native language (I assume yours is English?) is better placed due their experience. Happy to have helped :)
@@FrenchinPlainSight That's so true! I am a native russian speaker and I have no idea how to teach russian to foreigners (but I teach english, as a matter of fact)
to be fair, I teach English as a second language, but I have also STUDIED how to teach English as a second language. I think being able to speak a language and being able to teach a language are two different things. That's why it's always good to work on conversation with natives, but don't expect every native to be able to explain the grammar concept. In fact, I primarily teach elementary/beginner English. Not c1.c2 because there are concepts I don't actually KNOW how to teach. But I still get lesson requests... asking me for advanced english and I have to explain I can't, or other things like tofel, toeic, ielts... I JUST DONT KNOW!
This explanation was very well put together. I know that I am late to the party, but it still added a lot of clarity. My first language is French, but I learned it from my parents and not in school, so I made many mistakes. Content like this can help me clear up my knowledge. Thanks!
hi I’m Brazilian and I’m learning English and French. your video was very helpful for me and it explains a difficult part of the language but by a easy way. when I saw your video, I got afraid of not to be able to understand because it’s in English but I could do it. so, thanks one more time and congrats!
I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one who's having tons of trouble getting my head round this! I thought it was just me being thick! Thanks very much for the lesson!
Never think you're thick, just assume that it hasn't been taught in the right way or you haven't found the one resource that can unlock something for you.
Hi Alex thanks for your videos... I love them. I’m British and live in melbourne. After years of speaking school French I decided now is the time to nail this thing. Im loving the learning... thanks for your help
Tu t'es donnée un coup de pied? Nice one Alison. Not waiting til setting "resolutions" to get into gear and chase your dreams :). Happy to have you here.
Hi. As a native French speaker, I think you pretty much nailed it. The way we are taught grammar in school is IMO a lot more convoluted than how French grammar is structured for English/other speakers ^_^ e.g. We say "complément d'objet direct/indirect" instead of just "direct/indirect object", also our verb tenses have strange names even though they may correspond one-to-one to a tense in other European languages that have a different name). That's just two examples of needless complications, and this is one of the reasons why we have trouble explaining it to learners. However now that I delved into Spanish and German, it's much easier to pinpoint the right words to use, and the right way to explain things to be more in line with common elements of other European languages. I wish their was a standards body in Europe to define a common method and vocabulary for teaching grammar in all European languages. This way it would be very simple to draw parallels and find the equivalent concepts/words to use when learning another language.
You explained this so well man. Unbelievable. Thanks a lot. Learning from people who had to figure this stuff out the hard way and aren't just native speakers is the way to go.
Jeez, I've been here for 20 years & never could get a straight answer from a French person. I knew by example that lui went with donner, & I pretty much inserted le, la & les in the others. So it's a question of whether or not a preposition exists with a verb. Interesting. I'm gonna start trying it out systematically. Thanks, Alex
I help him : je l'aide I give him it : je le lui donne It's not so obvious especially when we want to explain in English. This lesson is very hard , true. Best advice : to observe a lot how ppl express themselves
Nowhere in English can you say, "I give him it"! In English, we would say, "I give IT TO HIM". Thus, the preposition exists in both English AND French!
Salut, Alex. This was such a helpful video ! I think it makes a difference, learning French from an English speaker, as I am, because you can explain points of grammar that a native wouldn't necessarily consider. You clarified this particular issue so simply. Merci beaucoup !
Yes, FR is a marathon, and you know you have quasi arrived when they don't start speaking English after hearing your French. Listening comprehension is one of the big keys of course. It never ends, but is a labor of love, in the literal sense sometimes.
Très bien expliqué, comme toujours!. Ca fait un an et demi que je regarde des vidéos en français. I notice that in every day spoken French, it isn't very common to use multiple direct/indirect objects in a single sentence. Example: Je donne la pomme à Pierre. Instead of "je la lui donne.", I often hear "Je la donne à Pierre". What do you think?
Thanks for this. I found you yesterday. It's really good to have things explained from someone who's taught them self too. I hope you can keep making videos. I've been teaching myself for just 5 months, but every day, and using different material. I thought I was doing alright but then I had my first italki conversation and couldn't think at all ha! I'll be going through all your videos. Cheers - keep it up
"It's really good to have things explained from someone who's taught them self too" - That's exactly my hope Paul. So glad you find it useful! 5 months is not very long at all. And what you experienced is completely normal. It was your first piece of evidence that learning more doesn't mean you'll be a good speaker. We can be C1 in knowledge but A1 in speaking. Don't shy away from italki now, go for it full throttle. Get through the discomfort and you'll be a great language learner!
Woooow! Just discovered your videos today. The way you laid this out makes SO much sense! Mind blown! Merci de partager ce "secret" avec nous! Vous avez une nouvelle abonnée! :)
Amazing explanation! Funny that, in my case, I always translated the sentence back to my language (Portuguese), and if the pronoun before the object was "lhe/lhes", I'd use "lui/leur", but if the pronoun was "lo/la/los/las", I'd use "le/la/les". So in a way I was doing what you explained but by going back to my own language instead of observing the actual french pronoun. Thank you!
The penny drops! Excellent video, thank you. Feel free to make one about when to use “ce” instead of “he/she” and “Il/elle” where in English we would use “it”. That’s the other one that I struggle to wrap my head around!
Some would argue that it is not a good idea to learn French (or any language) from a non-native speaker. The good part of learning tricks from a non-native is they might have ideas that a native speaker wouldn't even think about. It is because, like the video said, we tend to take our own language for granted so we do not need tricks. A lot of french instructors on youtube DO mention these tips, but they are kind of "buried" to the point that they are easy to miss. In any case, excellent vid.
Exactly. Well said. There's no teacher you'll stick with from start to finish. At different stages, you need different people. Like a toolbox. There's a different tool for every job. Learning a language takes years. And, for the more technical parts, it can be very helpful to have it taught in your native language :)
@@FrenchinPlainSight of course when we are doing any "challenging" task, sometimes we need to drag out every last tool at our disposal. Almost like a "simple" house repair. If you have ever done that, you know exactly what I am talking about. Sometimes we even end up fabricating our own tools.
Thank you so much. I was wondering why la phrase: Je l'ai vu a l'exterieur de l'eglise' doesn't start with 'Je lui ai vu ...'. Because of your explanation about how to distinguish an object pronoun from an indirect one, this is much clearer!
Using the trick in the video, give me an example of a verb with lui/leur and one with le/la/les as object pronouns! Je lui ai repondu - I responded to him. Je le mettrai sur la table. - I'll put it on the table. Sorry for the messed up text at one point. It should say: "je parle à Alex". Hopefully you figured that out.
@@otherlandor1263 en fait, "lui" ne remplace qu'une personne/un animal/un être vivant. Pour les autres choses, on les remplace par "y". "Je m'y suis abonné."
Je préfère vos leçons Parcé que vous n'êtes pas français nativement alors vous comprendrez bien nos "journey " apprendre le français. Merci, merci beaucoup
It's JE LE LUI Donne ( only when you have : '' it '' in the sentence) Often, when we speak fast indeed we say : je lui donne ça or je lui donne < all simply. Je lui donne l'heure < the correct way
Merci! Thank you. I've learned French years ago in school but never practise it as I did with english. Now with the help of duolingo (yes you also made a video about using Duolingo) I try to refresh my knowlege of French. Since yesterday I got the topic of pronouns and I'm really happy to be able to watch youtube and people like you how explain this topic really understandable.
You're welcome. De rien ! From next week I'm doing a little series, a deep dive into lui and leur so you might want to come back for that and refresh your memory :)
« Je le lui donne » n’est pas beaucoup utilisé à l’oral, parce qu’il est difficilement discernable de « je lui donne ». Donc le plus souvent c’est : « je lui donne qqch » ou « je le/la/les donne à qqun »
Hi Thanks for the vidéo I learned this rule few days ago after a long time of trying to know which one to use. I wish I have seen your vidéo earlier. So far this rule is going my way with no exceptions.
Thanks for the video. The real secret if there is one to choosing the right pronoun is in having a list of verbs that go with a. Even the better grammar books don't bother to give lists of more than a dozen or so of the most commonly used verbs like donner. I've tried to compile a list of verbs that use lui/leur and they number well over 50+ and I'm only a learner. Maybe one day some French grammarians or teachers will produce a list of the (perhaps) one hundred verbs that go with a.
The problem is not with French it's that you never learned the difference between direct objects and indirect objects. If you just learn these first in English then it's easy to understand it in French
At least from my childhood at primary school right through the educ system for English in New Zealand we really didn't get taught any English grammar or the 'metalinguistic terminology' for any grammar. So past the point of what is a verb, noun ,adjective, then maybe what a pronoun, preposition,, most people don't know grammar of English and then learning another language is tougher at highschool because we don't know what a InT verb or a T verb , IO or DO, stem root aux verbs... it's all a mystery to most... I was 25y at uni doing a post grad DipTESOL before I got any introduction to advanced grammar of English. So now explaining English to new EFL/ESOL learners I never use the grammar terminology.
Hello professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Your Student from Algeria.
I have just found your channel and I love the way that you explain things so clearly. Excuse me while I go and watch your previous videos and any new ones of course ❤ 🇬🇧
I have been asking my teacher for over 3 weeks and she just tells me to "remember which verb goes with what" 😕GOSH thank u man! U saved my neck more than she would ever😍
you’re better at explaining things than my french teacher tbh, but to be fair he speaks only french in a class of students who each only get every other word since he hasn’t taught us half of them. mdr merci beaucoup
J'ai une question: avec le mots reflexive; where does the "le, la, les ou lui, leur" go? pour example: je lui me regarde ou je lui suis me regardé; je ne suis lui pas me regardé.. just not sure the order when working with reflexive and passe compose.. Merci!
Merci énormement, que je me mets en colère souvent avec cet ennuni. You have helped me very much here! How did you know that many of us have this problem? Often it's clear for me which one to use but there is always that one that comes along. Elle a dû lire les journaux; je les lui ai montés à neuf heures. I knew there must be a rule i could follow, and i did not know about the verbs with no preposition= le, la etc. Compter, Manger, Regarder etc. Every now and then a breakthrough with French like the conditionnel passé. A tip for you sir-in Paris a small family run hotel $ is the Hotel Jean Bart sur la rue Jean Bart bien sur! Thank you.
1. Voir quelqu'un Regarder quelqu'un Partager quelque chose Croire quelque chose Manger quelque chose Boire quelque chose Faire quelque chose 2. Most are with à Dire à quelqu'un Parler à quelqu'un Reprocher à quelqu'un Permettre à quelqu'un Autoriser à quelqu'un
boss, thank you. i clicked on this video because i was like 'oh shit is that johnny sins?' while learning these bloody pronouns for my french exam. so glad i clicked on the video. i’ve subbed and liked man. thanks. i got a french exam and my brain was just tangling itself.
Today I met with my French group and I wrote this sentence je lui ai convaincu d’acheter le livre . I found out it is supposed to be written as je l’ai convaincu d’acheter le livre. My issue is I don’t know which verbs take the direct or indirect object. Any tips and tricks ?
Hey, what song did you use in ur intro? just wondering because I've been looking for a particular type of music but can't seem to find it... the tune in ur video sounds nice tho, it would be really helpful if you could tell me what it's called. Thanks.
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he taught me more in 8 minutes than my french teacher in 2 weeks
😂
Same here! 🙋 Merci beaucoup!
@@cherry6054 De rien !
I literally said the same thing to my vice principal but they are just like, “education doesn’t have to be fun” and I just gave up trying to talk to them. Thanks for the video!
Omg literally exactly 2 weeks!
Actually David Crystal talks about it that native speakers are not the best teachers at all. Normally those who have learnt the language as a second language know the most for hard work. This video was very helpful.
Great explanation. Even though I’m learning from a native French speaker, it takes a British person to explain it in a way a British person can understand perfectly. You’ve done that for me in 8 minutes.
The overriding message from the language learning companies and industry is "learn from a native. it's the best way to go!". But learning a language involves overcoming many different challenges. Some of which a native is perfectly suited for, and some of which, someone who speaks your native language (I assume yours is English?) is better placed due their experience.
Happy to have helped :)
@@FrenchinPlainSight That's so true! I am a native russian speaker and I have no idea how to teach russian to foreigners (but I teach english, as a matter of fact)
@@kateseal2752 you go with your gut to start with, and then adapt based on how well it goes :)
to be fair, I teach English as a second language, but I have also STUDIED how to teach English as a second language. I think being able to speak a language and being able to teach a language are two different things. That's why it's always good to work on conversation with natives, but don't expect every native to be able to explain the grammar concept. In fact, I primarily teach elementary/beginner English. Not c1.c2 because there are concepts I don't actually KNOW how to teach. But I still get lesson requests... asking me for advanced english and I have to explain I can't, or other things like tofel, toeic, ielts... I JUST DONT KNOW!
American as well 😉 we make the same mistakes
You just teached me more in 8 minutes, than my teacher in more than 180 minutes
Merry Christmas :)
This explanation was very well put together. I know that I am late to the party, but it still added a lot of clarity. My first language is French, but I learned it from my parents and not in school, so I made many mistakes. Content like this can help me clear up my knowledge. Thanks!
hi I’m Brazilian and I’m learning English and French. your video was very helpful for me and it explains a difficult part of the language but by a easy way. when I saw your video, I got afraid of not to be able to understand because it’s in English but I could do it. so, thanks one more time and congrats!
I'm sooo glad I'm not the only one who's having tons of trouble getting my head round this! I thought it was just me being thick! Thanks very much for the lesson!
Never think you're thick, just assume that it hasn't been taught in the right way or you haven't found the one resource that can unlock something for you.
“French is a marathon not a sprint " indeed it is. Merci beaucoup !
I literally learnt more in this video than I have with my teacher in the last month. Thx man!
You're welcome :)
merci, il faut ecrire sur le tableau pour bien expliquer les exemples.
Hi Alex thanks for your videos... I love them. I’m British and live in melbourne. After years of speaking school French I decided now is the time to nail this thing. Im loving the learning... thanks for your help
Tu t'es donnée un coup de pied? Nice one Alison. Not waiting til setting "resolutions" to get into gear and chase your dreams :). Happy to have you here.
I've been trying to understand this concept for the last two years and in a few minutes you made it so clear, thank you!
Omg tell me about it, i thought i would never understand it
Hi. As a native French speaker, I think you pretty much nailed it.
The way we are taught grammar in school is IMO a lot more convoluted than how French grammar is structured for English/other speakers ^_^ e.g. We say "complément d'objet direct/indirect" instead of just "direct/indirect object", also our verb tenses have strange names even though they may correspond one-to-one to a tense in other European languages that have a different name). That's just two examples of needless complications, and this is one of the reasons why we have trouble explaining it to learners.
However now that I delved into Spanish and German, it's much easier to pinpoint the right words to use, and the right way to explain things to be more in line with common elements of other European languages. I wish their was a standards body in Europe to define a common method and vocabulary for teaching grammar in all European languages. This way it would be very simple to draw parallels and find the equivalent concepts/words to use when learning another language.
Always a joy when a non-native French speaker teaches French. They understand the struggles and can very much relate
You explained this so well man. Unbelievable. Thanks a lot. Learning from people who had to figure this stuff out the hard way and aren't just native speakers is the way to go.
Love this !
London accent with the best french class. I love it man. Well- done.
Jeez, I've been here for 20 years & never could get a straight answer from a French person. I knew by example that lui went with donner, & I pretty much inserted le, la & les in the others.
So it's a question of whether or not a preposition exists with a verb. Interesting. I'm gonna start trying it out systematically. Thanks, Alex
Thank you, Alex! Your articulations and pronunciation is exquisite! So, glad I found:)!
Aw that's so nice, Katherine. Merci :)
I help him : je l'aide
I give him it : je le lui donne
It's not so obvious especially when we want to explain in English. This lesson is very hard , true. Best advice : to observe a lot how ppl express themselves
Nowhere in English can you say, "I give him it"! In English, we would say, "I give IT TO HIM". Thus, the preposition exists in both English AND French!
This is the best video I have ever seen to make me fully understand this topic without any doubt
C'est incroyable ta façon d'expliquer le COI et le COI, tout simple. Merci beaucoup. Ivette
Avec plaisir :)
Salut, Alex. This was such a helpful video ! I think it makes a difference, learning French from an English speaker, as I am, because you can explain points of grammar that a native wouldn't necessarily consider. You clarified this particular issue so simply. Merci beaucoup !
En effet je le comprends maintenant, merci monsieur.
Thanks alot this video has been helpful to me.
Thank you again Alex, have rewatched this several times now to glue it into my head!!
i missed this lesson in french class today + yesterday because I had the stomach flu and we have a tiny quiz on it tomorrow. merci bcp!!!!
Get well soon
Yes, FR is a marathon, and you know you have quasi arrived when they don't start speaking English after hearing your French. Listening comprehension is one of the big keys of course. It never ends, but is a labor of love, in the literal sense sometimes.
Je suis un débutant qui apprend le français, mais je voulais dire que votre prononciation de "parler" est ce à quoi j'aspire.
Damnn.. you have better explanaition than most of native french speakers Ive been watching on YT!!
Tkss mon amie
Very nicely explained. Merci beaucoup
De rien
Salut ! remerci pour cette vidéo informative.
Pouvez-vous faire une vidéo sur la prononciation de "PLUS". Quand prononcer avec "S" et sans "S".
Merci
Merci beaucoup! I found this so helpful
So appreciate your English-speaker take on this. Really helps. Merci.
My pleasure! It was great when it clicked for me too!
Vous m'aidez beaucoup dans cette vidéo, je l'adore tellement!
Ça me fait tellement de plaisir de l'apprendre Diane !
Très bien expliqué, comme toujours!. Ca fait un an et demi que je regarde des vidéos en français. I notice that in every day spoken French, it isn't very common to use multiple direct/indirect objects in a single sentence. Example: Je donne la pomme à Pierre. Instead of "je la lui donne.", I often hear "Je la donne à Pierre". What do you think?
Oui! Xavier Debidour à écrit ici:
< Je le lui donne » n'est pas beaucoup utilisé à l'oral, parce qu'il est difficilement discernable de
thanks for explaining the direct and indirect object!
You're very welcome!
We go more into it during my grammar workshops learn.frenchinplainsight.com/courses/parlons-grammaire
Thanks for this. I found you yesterday. It's really good to have things explained from someone who's taught them self too. I hope you can keep making videos. I've been teaching myself for just 5 months, but every day, and using different material. I thought I was doing alright but then I had my first italki conversation and couldn't think at all ha! I'll be going through all your videos. Cheers - keep it up
"It's really good to have things explained from someone who's taught them self too" - That's exactly my hope Paul. So glad you find it useful!
5 months is not very long at all. And what you experienced is completely normal. It was your first piece of evidence that learning more doesn't mean you'll be a good speaker. We can be C1 in knowledge but A1 in speaking. Don't shy away from italki now, go for it full throttle. Get through the discomfort and you'll be a great language learner!
Woooow! Just discovered your videos today. The way you laid this out makes SO much sense! Mind blown! Merci de partager ce "secret" avec nous! Vous avez une nouvelle abonnée! :)
Yessss, awesome. That's why I make these videos. C'est super de te compter parmi nous.
Amazing explanation! Funny that, in my case, I always translated the sentence back to my language (Portuguese), and if the pronoun before the object was "lhe/lhes", I'd use "lui/leur", but if the pronoun was "lo/la/los/las", I'd use "le/la/les". So in a way I was doing what you explained but by going back to my own language instead of observing the actual french pronoun. Thank you!
The penny drops! Excellent video, thank you. Feel free to make one about when to use “ce” instead of “he/she” and “Il/elle” where in English we would use “it”. That’s the other one that I struggle to wrap my head around!
I've got one on that somewhere :)
Quelle bonne explication Alex, merci !!!
Tellement content qu'elle t'ait plue, Anita !
I just discovered this video, and it's SO helpful! Merci!
tysm! ive been struggling with this for months and somehow u explained it in 8 minutes!
You're welcome :)
Very helpful, from a native trying to help a non native !!!
Some would argue that it is not a good idea to learn French (or any language) from a non-native speaker.
The good part of learning tricks from a non-native is they might have ideas that a native speaker wouldn't even think about.
It is because, like the video said, we tend to take our own language for granted so we do not need tricks.
A lot of french instructors on youtube DO mention these tips, but they are kind of "buried" to the point that they are easy to miss.
In any case, excellent vid.
Exactly. Well said.
There's no teacher you'll stick with from start to finish. At different stages, you need different people.
Like a toolbox. There's a different tool for every job.
Learning a language takes years. And, for the more technical parts, it can be very helpful to have it taught in your native language :)
@@FrenchinPlainSight of course when we are doing any "challenging" task, sometimes we need to drag out every last tool at our disposal.
Almost like a "simple" house repair. If you have ever done that, you know exactly what I am talking about. Sometimes we even end up fabricating our own tools.
Thank you so much. I was wondering why la phrase: Je l'ai vu a l'exterieur de l'eglise' doesn't start with 'Je lui ai vu ...'. Because of your explanation about how to distinguish an object pronoun from an indirect one, this is much clearer!
So happy to read that Philip!
@@FrenchinPlainSight You're welcome! You're a wonderful teacher!
Using the trick in the video, give me an example of a verb with lui/leur and one with le/la/les as object pronouns!
Je lui ai repondu - I responded to him.
Je le mettrai sur la table. - I'll put it on the table.
Sorry for the messed up text at one point. It should say: "je parle à Alex". Hopefully you figured that out.
"Je me suis abonné à ta chaîne." ---> "Je me lui suis abonné" ?
@@otherlandor1263 en fait, "lui" ne remplace qu'une personne/un animal/un être vivant. Pour les autres choses, on les remplace par "y". "Je m'y suis abonné."
@@FrenchinPlainSight Thank you for taking the time to answer my question! All clear now : )
@@otherlandor1263 Super. De rien. À bientôt :)
Répondre* ( u probably just made a typo but just in case ur unsure it should be “é”, not e
You're the best teacher ❤️this video was very helpful for me thankyou
You're very welcome!
i really like how i can understand his English
Your lessons are really really helpful , I am eternally grateful my friend 😍
Je préfère vos leçons Parcé que vous n'êtes pas français nativement alors vous comprendrez bien nos "journey " apprendre le français. Merci, merci beaucoup
Yes! On poursuit tous ensemble ce parcours (journey/path dans ce contexte). Merci de regarder Danga !
:D
It's JE LE LUI Donne ( only when you have : '' it '' in the sentence)
Often, when we speak fast indeed we say : je lui donne ça or je lui donne < all simply.
Je lui donne l'heure < the correct way
Merci! Thank you. I've learned French years ago in school but never practise it as I did with english. Now with the help of duolingo (yes you also made a video about using Duolingo) I try to refresh my knowlege of French. Since yesterday I got the topic of pronouns and I'm really happy to be able to watch youtube and people like you how explain this topic really understandable.
You're welcome. De rien ! From next week I'm doing a little series, a deep dive into lui and leur so you might want to come back for that and refresh your memory :)
@@FrenchinPlainSight I absoluty will. I also taking notes about "y" and "en". I am optimistic that I will learn all of this. Thank you.
« Je le lui donne » n’est pas beaucoup utilisé à l’oral, parce qu’il est difficilement discernable de « je lui donne ». Donc le plus souvent c’est : « je lui donne qqch » ou « je le/la/les donne à qqun »
Hi Thanks for the vidéo I learned this rule few days ago after a long time of trying to know which one to use. I wish I have seen your vidéo earlier. So far this rule is going my way with no exceptions.
Happy to help Amer. there are exceptions but don't be disappointed. Expect exceptions always ;)
@@FrenchinPlainSight yup Thanks for the heads up. Wish you all the best bro. 👍 Your channel is amazing.
Wow! This video is so so good! Clear and concise explanation. Merci beaucoup!
You're very welcome!
Thanks for the video. The real secret if there is one to choosing the right pronoun is in having a list of verbs that go with a. Even the better grammar books don't bother to give lists of more than a dozen or so of the most commonly used verbs like donner. I've tried to compile a list of verbs that use lui/leur and they number well over 50+ and I'm only a learner. Maybe one day some French grammarians or teachers will produce a list of the (perhaps) one hundred verbs that go with a.
Yes , please list below ?
Thank you so much dude , I was struggling here
🤙 you're welcome
The problem is not with French it's that you never learned the difference between direct objects and indirect objects. If you just learn these first in English then it's easy to understand it in French
i agree
At least from my childhood at primary school right through the educ system for English in New Zealand we really didn't get taught any English grammar or the 'metalinguistic terminology' for any grammar. So past the point of what is a verb, noun ,adjective, then maybe what a pronoun, preposition,, most people don't know grammar of English and then learning another language is tougher at highschool because we don't know what a InT verb or a T verb , IO or DO, stem root aux verbs... it's all a mystery to most... I was 25y at uni doing a post grad DipTESOL before I got any introduction to advanced grammar of English. So now explaining English to new EFL/ESOL learners I never use the grammar terminology.
Hello professor
Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance.
I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.
Your Student from Algeria.
Thanks for the hint about reverso
GAME CHANGER! Thanks so much, so glad I stumbled upon your channel.
You're welcome Sophie. Happy to have you :)
Because of you, it finally sticks!! THANK YOU!
I have just found your channel and I love the way that you explain things so clearly. Excuse me while I go and watch your previous videos and any new ones of course ❤ 🇬🇧
This is exactly what I'm looking for,thank you so much
Nous avons appris ça à l'école la semaine dernière. Je vais partager avec mes collègues.... merci beaucoup
Nice lesson you have helped me so much
I have been asking my teacher for over 3 weeks and she just tells me to "remember which verb goes with what" 😕GOSH thank u man! U saved my neck more than she would ever😍
Well your teacher is half right! But it left you with the same doubts as I had. Glad to fill in the gaps.
Great thanks! You really made it clear.
Happy to hear it
You got a new subscriber. This was very well explained thank you so much.
Je le apprècie beaucoup.
You're welcome!
you’re better at explaining things than my french teacher tbh, but to be fair he speaks only french in a class of students who each only get every other word since he hasn’t taught us half of them. mdr merci beaucoup
This was AWESOME!! I finally get it. MERCI BEAUCOUP!!
Glad it helped!
Yes thank you, good one. Now I have reach the "a-ha" moment!
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J'ai une question: avec le mots reflexive; where does the "le, la, les ou lui, leur" go? pour example: je lui me regarde ou je lui suis me regardé; je ne suis lui pas me regardé.. just not sure the order when working with reflexive and passe compose.. Merci!
Thanks Alex for making it so simple, very helpful video
You're so welcome Helen.
How long have you been learning French? :)
Super helpful. I couldnt figure this out!!
Glad it helped!
Merci énormement, que je me mets en colère souvent avec cet ennuni. You have helped me very much here! How did you know that many of us have this problem? Often it's clear for me which one to use but there is always that one that comes along. Elle a dû lire les journaux; je les lui ai montés à neuf heures. I knew there must be a rule i could follow, and i did not know about the verbs with no preposition= le, la etc. Compter, Manger, Regarder etc. Every now and then a breakthrough with French like the conditionnel passé. A tip for you sir-in Paris a small family run hotel $ is the Hotel Jean Bart sur la rue Jean Bart bien sur! Thank you.
Because I've been through it and now I work with other English speakers so I hear the same issues come up again and again :)
A propos de vos videos, j'ai les regardé et elles sont surtout très utile! Bravo, Alex!
Merci beaucoup Carmz T. !
This is very helpful👍🏾
How can we distinguish masculine from feminine D.O., or do we use only 'lui' and 'leur'?
thx alex ur vids helps me in my exams
Omg, thank you sooo much, you just save my life, I could cry right now
You're so welcome! Did something just "click"? Keep the keyboard dry from any tears!
I guess you can say that this was french in plain sight. Bravo for living up to the name!
Ahah. Thanks for appreciating the origins of the name!
This helped so much - thank you!!!
You're welcome Kevin ☺️
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU EXPLAINED IT SO WELL
YOU'RE WELCOME!
Thank you, that was really helpful
Thank you this helped a lot I have my exam tomorrow...
what 3 verbs use "le, la and les" or what 3 uses "lui and leur"? i would like some more examples. thanks!
1.
Voir quelqu'un
Regarder quelqu'un
Partager quelque chose
Croire quelque chose
Manger quelque chose
Boire quelque chose
Faire quelque chose
2. Most are with à
Dire à quelqu'un
Parler à quelqu'un
Reprocher à quelqu'un
Permettre à quelqu'un
Autoriser à quelqu'un
boss, thank you. i clicked on this video because i was like 'oh shit is that johnny sins?' while learning these bloody pronouns for my french exam. so glad i clicked on the video. i’ve subbed and liked man. thanks. i got a french exam and my brain was just tangling itself.
Impressive! Good job man, merci beaucoup!
Today I met with my French group and I wrote this sentence je lui ai convaincu d’acheter le livre . I found out it is supposed to be written as je l’ai convaincu d’acheter le livre. My issue is I don’t know which verbs take the direct or indirect object. Any tips and tricks ?
Hey, what song did you use in ur intro? just wondering because I've been looking for a particular type of music but can't seem to find it... the tune in ur video sounds nice tho, it would be really helpful if you could tell me what it's called. Thanks.
In contrast, English has both Indirect
Objects (They gave her the prize.) +
Prepositional Objects (They gave the prize to her).
Merci beaucoup! Very clear explainations
De rien !
Thank you so much! Helped a lot I have a quiz next week 😅
Dis-moi comment ça se passe !
"French is a marathon, not a sprint".
Thank you 😇🤩
De rien!
Wow, this is so clear 🌞🌞
I wish you were around when I did French at schooll!!! A bit difficult really as that was well before you were born!!!!😂
Yea sorry about that :)
Really helpful. Thank you sir
You're welcome sir
@@FrenchinPlainSight I'm not a sir but thank you😁