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le, la, les or lui, leur

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edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.

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  2. 2Learn
  3. 3Practise
  4. 4Check
The rule, in three lines

If the verb takes its object with no preposition, it is direct: le, la, les. If it takes it with à, it is indirect: lui, leur. And the pronoun always goes before the verb.

The usual slip. Putting the pronoun after the verb, because that is where English puts it: I see him.

Why it catches you out. In English the object always follows the verb — I see him, I give him the book — with no exceptions. So you build the whole sentence the wrong way round and nothing feels missing.