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Preceding direct objects

Preceding direct objects. (A 24 carat grammatical nugget). What are P.D.O.s?. Preceding direct objects are the technical term for when we refer to the object of a verb (the thing that is at the receiving end of the verb) as it, him, her or them.

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Preceding direct objects

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  1. Preceding direct objects (A 24 carat grammatical nugget)

  2. What are P.D.O.s? • Preceding direct objects are the technical term for when we refer to the object of a verb (the thing that is at the receiving end of the verb) as it, him, her or them. • In English, these words are easy, we just put the appropriate word after the verb to show that it is the object. For example: Where is your coursework? The dog ate it. Luke hit him.

  3. In French, it is a little bit more complicated (quelle surprise!). • We have to put the object of the verb if it is a pronoun ( a noun that stands in for another noun (like him, her, it, them) after the subject, and before the verb. For example: • Je l’ai vu. (I saw him) The “l’” stands for “le” which translates as “him” in this case.

  4. So what do these PDOs look like? • Him = le • Her = la • Them = les

  5. Translate these sentences. They all contain PDOs • Je les ai vues. • Il l’a bue, la limonade. • Son travail? Oui, elle l’a fait. Look at the endings on vu and bu. Why have they got letters added to them?

  6. It is because the past participle has to agree with the PDO ( the word that means it, him, her or them). • We add the usual endings, -e for feminine, -s for masculine plural and –es for feminine plural.

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