Breakdown of Le médecin me prescrit un médicament.
un
a / an (masculine)
le médecin
the doctor
me
me, myself (object pronoun)
prescrire
to prescribe
Questions & Answers about Le médecin me prescrit un médicament.
Why does me come before the verb instead of after it?
In French, object pronouns like me (which means "to me" here) almost always go directly before the conjugated verb. So instead of saying "prescribes to me" like in English, French says me prescrit.
Is me an indirect object here?
What is the difference between un médicament and la médecine?
What infinitive verb does prescrit come from?
It comes from prescrire (to prescribe). If you remember how to conjugate écrire (to write), you are in luck! It follows the exact same pattern: je prescris, tu prescris, il prescrit, nous prescrivons, vous prescrivez, ils prescrivent.