| 17.4.2 The other personal pronouns just go at the end |
The other personal pronouns just go at the end. However, there is one thing to be taken into account -
here we have to differenciate (again) between dative/indirect and accusative/direct object. The only form, where they are different are the third person (singular and plural), as you can see in the following examples.
| Example in second person singular (tu / you) | |
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Dis-lui ce que tu en penses. |
| Tell him what you think. (dative/indirect object [the person, if there is more than one object]) | |
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Sauve-le. |
| Save him. (accusative/direct object) | |
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Dis-lui, que je ne l'attendrai pas. |
| Tell him that I will not wait for him. (dative/indirect object - as above) | |
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Attends-les jusqu'a ce qu' ils viennent. |
| Wait for them, until they come. (accusative/direct object) | |
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Lis-nous ce chapitre encore une fois. |
| Read this chapter to us again. (dative/indirect object [the person, if there is more than one object]) |
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Fais-leur un café. |
| Make them some coffee. | |
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Laisse-les sonner. |
| Let them sound. | |
| Examples in second person plural (vous / you) | |
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Faites-le vous-même. |
| Do it yourself. (accusative/direct object [the thing, not the person]) | |
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Sauvez-vous. |
| Save yourself. (dative/indirect object [the person]) | |
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Faites-le. |
| Do it. (accusative/direct object [the thing, not the person]) | |
| Compare: | |
| unconnected personal pronouns instead of the connected ones: moi / toi instead of me / te | |
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Donne-moi ce livre. (NOT: Donne-me ce livre.) |
| Give me the book. | |
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Sauve-toi. (NOT: Sauve-te.) |
| Save yourself. | |
| In all other cases things stay the way they have been: | |
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Donne-lui ce livre. |
| Give him the book. | |
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Sauve-le. |
| Save him. | |
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