Les+pronoms+d'objet+lui,+leur

**Les pronoms d’objet indirect**

Indirect object pronouns translate to to him, to her, or to them. In French, they are always written **in front of the verb** as lui or leur.

Indirect object pronouns only ever replace people, and **they must have the preposition à** in one of its forms.

1. à, à la, à l’, au + one person = lui

2. à, aux + more than one person = leur

Ils ont parlé __aux amis.__ //(They talked to their friends.)// //Ils leur ont parlé. (They talked to them.)//

Nous ne vendons pas __à la fille.__ //(We don't sell to the girl.)// //Nous ne lui vendons pas. (We don't sell to her.)//

Elle aime écrire les textes __à Marc.__ //(She likes to write texts to Marc.)// //Elle aime lui écrire les textes. (She likes to write texts to him.)//

Both direct object pronouns (le, la, l', les) and indirect object pronouns (lui, leur) can replace people. However, to use lui or leur, the sentence must have **à in front** of the people being replaced.