Category: French conjugation tip

In the Futur Antérieur, the negative form with COD pronouns requires “ne…pas” to surround the pronoun and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne l’aurai pas terminé avant midi” (I…

In the Conditionnel Passé, when forming a negative sentence with COD and COI pronouns, “ne…pas” surrounds the pronouns and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne te l’aurais pas donné”…

In the Passé Simple, a more formal tense, the negative form with COD pronouns also surrounds the pronoun and the verb with “ne…pas”. For example, “Je ne le vis pas”…

In the Plus-Que-Parfait, when forming a negative sentence with COD and COI pronouns, “ne…pas” surrounds the pronouns and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne lui avais pas donné le…

In the Passé Composé, with COI pronouns in a negative sentence, “ne…pas” surrounds the pronoun and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne lui ai pas parlé” (I did not…

In the Passé Composé, when using a COD pronoun in a negative sentence, “ne…pas” surrounds both the pronoun and the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je ne l’ai pas vu” (I…

In the Futur Antérieur, COD and COI pronouns precede the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je le lui aurai donné” (I will have given it to him/her) or “Nous les leur…

In the Conditionnel Passé, COD and COI pronouns are placed before the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je te l’aurais donné” (I would have given it to you) or “Ils nous…

When using both COD and COI pronouns in the Passé Composé, the COI pronoun comes first, followed by the COD. For example, “Je le lui ai donné” (I gave it…

The Passé Simple, often used in formal writing, also requires COD pronouns to be placed before the verb. For example, “Je les vis” (I saw them) or “Elle le prit”…

In the Plus-Que-Parfait, COD and COI pronouns are placed before the auxiliary verb. For example, “Je l’avais vue” (I had seen her) or “Ils leur avaient parlé” (They had spoken…

In the Passé Composé, COI (Complément d’objet indirect) pronouns are also placed before the auxiliary verb, but the past participle does not agree with the COI. For example, “Je lui…