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Object pronouns replace nouns used as objects (COD/COI) to avoid repetition.
🔹 Subject pronouns vs Object pronouns:
| Subject | Object |
| I | me |
| you | you |
| he | him |
| she | her |
| it | it |
| we | us |
| they | them |
🔹 Position of object pronouns:
• AFTER the verb (or after the preposition)
• I see Aminata → I see HER.
• He called Moussa and me → He called US.
• She gave the book to the teacher → She gave it TO HIM.
🔹 Examples:
• My mother loves me. (Subject: my mother / Object: me)
• I like him a lot. (him replaces a boy's name)
• Can you help us? (us = nous)
• I don't understand them. (them = les leçons)
• He gave it to her. (it = the book / her = la fille)
🔹 After prepositions:
• This letter is for you and me. (pas 'I')
• Come with us! / She sat next to him.
📝 Substitution exercises:
• I love Fatou. → I love HER.
• He sees Mamadou and Ibou. → He sees THEM.
• She helps my friends and me. → She helps US.
• We call the teacher. → We call HIM/HER.
• They gave the book to Aminata. → They gave it TO HER.
💡 Common mistakes:
• Between you and I ✗ → Between you and ME ✓
• Come with I ✗ → Come with ME ✓
• Me and him went... ✗ → He and I went... ✓ (subject position)
Replace with an object pronoun: I know Aminata → I know ___
Replace: He saw Moussa and his friends → He saw ___
Replace: Can you help my mother and me? → Can you help ___?
Correction
Can you help us?
Correct the error: She gave the present to he.
Correction
She gave the present to him.
Fill in with the correct object pronoun: My teacher explains the lesson to ___. (us/we) — I called ___ but he didn't answer. (him/he)
Correction
My teacher explains the lesson to us. I called him but he didn't answer.