(mon) ami(e)[12]
(my) friend
^ Finir and attendre are not -er verbs. You will learn their conjugation in a later lesson.
^ Mon is often substituted for ma when the following word begins with a vowel. Thus, mon amie is used instead of ma amie, while ma bonne amie would be okay.
V: Places
la bibliothèque library1
le parc
park
la piscine
swimming pool
la plage
beach
le restaurant
restaurant
salle de concert concert hall
le stade
stadium
le théâtre
theater
1Caution: a librairie is a bookshop.
G: Indirect Object Pronouns lui and leur
Indirect objects are prepositional phrases with the object of the preposition, a direct object is a noun that receives the action of a verb.
Il jette la balle à Jacques. - He throws the ball to Jack.
Il jette la balle à Marie. - He throws the ball to Mary.
Il jette la balle à Jacques et Marie. - He throws the ball to Jack and Mary.
Lui and leur are indirect object pronouns. They replace nouns referring to people and mean to him/her and to them respectively.
lui - replaces a singular masculine or feminine indirect object referring to a human leur - replaces a plural masculine or feminine indirect object referring to a human An example follows:
Il lui jette la balle. - He throws the ball to him.
Il lui jette la balle. - He throws the ball to her.
Il leur jette la balle. - He throws the ball to them.
Whether lui means to him or to her is given by context.
In English, "He throws him the ball" is also said, and means the same thing.
When used with the direct object pronouns le, la, and les, lui and leur come after those pronouns.
Il la lui jette. - He throws it to him.
Note that while le, la, and les are used to replace people or inanimate objects, lui and leur are not used to replace innanimate objects and things.
Also note that unlike le and la, which are shortened to l' when followed by a vowel, lui is never shortened V: Jouer
The verb jouer is a regular -er verb meaning to play. It can be used to refer to both sports and instruments.
When referring to sports, use jouer à, but when referring to instruments, use jouer de...
As always, jouer must be conjugated rather than left in the infinitive.
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jouer à...
jouer de...
au baseball
baseball
de la clarinette clarinet
au basket
basketball
du piano
piano
au football
soccer; football
de la guitare
guitar
au football américain American football du violon
