When more than one object pronoun is used in a sentence, their placement order before the verb is as follows:
| me te se + nous vous se |
le (l') la (l') + les |
lui leur |
+ y or en + verb |
Le marchand me le vend.
(The storekeeper sells it to me.)
Nous le lui
vendons.
(We are selling it to him.)
Leur en avez-vous
vendu?
(Did you sell them any?)
Ils ne te l'ont pas
vendu.
(They did not sell it to you.)
Note:
Le, la or les precede lui and leur:
Nous le lui avons souvent
dit.
(We told it to him often.)
Nous la lui avons
donnée.
(We gave it to her.)
After the verb, the placement order is as follows:
| verb + | le la les |
moi toi lui + nous vous leur |
+ y + en |
Va le lui montrer.
(Go show it to him.)
Envoyez-les-nous.
(Send them to us.)
Note: Moi + en becomes m'en; toi + en becomes t'en.
Donnez-m'en.
(Give me some.)
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