Key learning points

1. Use me and te when 'me' or 'you' is indirectly receiving the action of the verb: elle me donne un cadeau (gives to me).
2. Me and te are used frequently in dialogue between two people.
3. [gn] is pronounced like 'ligne', [th] like 'thé', j like [jour] and [r] like 'rue'.
4. When transcribing, use your knowledge of French sounds to carefully write down what you hear. Check spelling carefully.

Keywords

• Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person, people or thing(s) that the verb action is done to, when the action is to me, for you, to them

• Me, (m’) - me, to me

• Te, (t’) - you, to you

Common misconception