How do you use Lui Leur?

How do you use Lui Leur?

Lui replaces masculine or feminine nouns in the singular form:

1. je parle à Paul (I’m talking to Paul) → je lui parle (I’m talking to him)
2. je parle à Marie (I’m talking to Marie) → je lui parle (I’m talking to her)

Where do you put lui and leur?

Here is the rule: – If the verb is normally followed by à+ personin French (i.e., followed by an indirect object pronoun),such as in écrire à [quelqu’un] (to write to [someone]) or montrer à [quelqu’un](to show [someone]), then you use lui or leur.

How is leur used?

The “leur”, “leurs” here agree ( singular or plural ) with the noun they refer to. “Leurs” is used when the noun it refers to is in the plural. An example: Ils aiment leurs enfants. — They love their children.

Can you use Lui for a girl?

Je lui ai donné l’addition), lui is used for both males and females. However, when you’re using lui as a stressed pronoun (ex. Je pense à lui) , it refers only to a male (3rd person singular). You would use “elle” for a female in the same situation.

Can Lui be feminine?

Lui is the third person singular masculine and feminine indirect object pronoun.

What is y en?

Most commonly, the pronoun y replaces indirect objects following the preposition à (to), and it roughly means “there” in English (the key word here being “roughly”). The pronoun en replaces indirect objects following the preposition de (of), and it roughly translates to “some” or “any” in English (again, roughly!).

Does Lui contract French?

Lui is an indirect object because the French verb is téléphoner à. Le is a direct object because the French verb is chercher with no preposition. But “him” is indirect because the English verb is “to look for.”

What is Leur?

Leur belongs to two categories of words – grammatically speaking: it can be a personal pronoun (= them) or a possessive adjective (= their). Leur as a personal pronoun = them : Here, leur is the plural form of “lui” (= to him, to her), and is an indirect personal pronoun.