French_Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns

Indirect objects are the people or things in a sentence to or for whom/what* the action of the verb occurs. Like direct object pronouns, French indirect object pronouns are usually placed in front of the verb. an indirect object pronoun can replace the indirect object only when it is an animate noun: person or animal. When the indirect object is a person, you must keep the preposition à after the verb, and follow it with a stressed pronoun. When the indirect object is a thing, you have two equally acceptable choices: You can either keep the preposition à but follow it with an indefinite demonstrative pronoun, or you can replace the preposition and indirect object with y.