Question

Remplacez les noms soulignés par les pronoms : Il donne des bonbons à ses copains.

Hint:

The pronoun en is always the second-to-last pronoun in any pronoun sequence, only preceded by y. Thus, any COI like lui or leur will always be placed before en (e.g., leur en, lui en).

Answer 1

Step 1: Identifying the Target Noun Phrases:
We examine the sentence: “Il donne des bonbons à ses copains.”:
• des bonbons: A plural noun introduced by the indefinite/partitive article des.
• à ses copains: Indirect Object (Complément d'Objet Indirect - COI), referring to plural people and introduced by the preposition à.

Step 2: Selecting the Correct Pronouns:

• Plural noun introduced by a partitive/indefinite article (des bonbons) $\rightarrow$ replaced by the quantitative pronoun en.
• Plural animate COI (à ses copains) $\rightarrow$ replaced by the indirect object pronoun leur.

Step 3: Determining Pronoun Placement and Order:
According to the standard pronoun order hierarchy, the indirect pronouns lui/leur always precede the quantitative pronoun en: \small (leur) $\rightarrow$ (en) $\rightarrow$ Verb Thus, the correct order is leur en.

Step 4: Assembling the Sentence:
Place both pronouns immediately before the conjugated verb donne:
• Positive: Il donne des bonbons à ses copains.
• Pronominalized: Il leur en donne. Final Answer: Il leur en donne.