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Complément D'objet Direct

The document discusses the direct object or COD in French grammar. A COD answers the questions 'who' or 'what' and is never introduced by a preposition. Examples are provided to illustrate how to identify the COD in sentences and when to use direct object pronouns instead of replacing nouns.

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Complément D'objet Direct

The document discusses the direct object or COD in French grammar. A COD answers the questions 'who' or 'what' and is never introduced by a preposition. Examples are provided to illustrate how to identify the COD in sentences and when to use direct object pronouns instead of replacing nouns.

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COD

Complément d’objet direct


• A basic verbal sentence in French is constructed this way:

• Sujet (Subject) + Verbe (Verb) + Complément (Complement)


What is a COD?

COD stands for Complément d’objet direct. This is


the direct object of the sentence.

It answers to the question “qui” (who) or “quoi” “what” and


is never introduced by a preposition like à and de.
Exemple
• Le chat mange la souris.

• Le chat (subject) + mange (verbe) + la souris (quoi ? -


> COD).

• Le chat mange quoi ? -> La souris. Therefore, our COD is “la


souris”.
Exemple
Arthur cherche son frère.

• Arthur (sujet) + cherche (verbe) + son frère (qui ? -> COD).

• Arthur cherche qui ? -> son frère. Therefore, our COD is “son frère”.
Pronom d’objet direct
Me/m’ Me
Te/t’ you
Nous Us
Vous You
Le It/him (Mas Sing)
La Il/her (Fem Sing)
L’ Him/her/it (Vowels)
Les them(Plural)
Exemples
• Tu regardes la television.
• Tu la regardes.
• Je vois l'oiseau.
• Je le vois.

• I like you. Je t’aime.


• Do you hear me? Tu m’entends?
• No,I hate them. Non, Je les déteste
• He swa me. Il m’a vu.
• Do you see them? Les voyez-vous? (INVERSION)
KEY POINTS
 In orders and instructions telling someone to do something, Moi is used
intead of me and toi instead of te.
  Aidez-moi! Assieds-toi!

 Except in orders and instructions telling someone to do something, The


direct object pronoun comes before the verb.

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