le, la, les or lui, leur
CEFR A2 · part 1
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
The pronouns en and yReplacing de + something with en, and à + place or thing with y.Imparfait or passé composéChoosing the tense by what it does: setting the scene, or moving the story forward.French false friendsSpotting words that look like yours but mean something else, and using the right one…The imperative and its pronounsForming the imperative in its three persons, placing the pronoun after in the…The verbs that are not -er verbsConjugating in the present the -ir verbs with -iss- and the frequent irregulars…Savoir or connaîtreChoosing between savoir and connaître: a fact, a clause or a skill need savoir; a…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.