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Je vous conseille ce nouveau médicament.

Je vous conseille ce nouveau médicament.
I advise you to take this new medication.
From Lesson 105:Indirect object pronouns 1 (me, te, nous, vous)·French

Questions & Answers about Je vous conseille ce nouveau médicament.

Is vous a direct or indirect object in this sentence?
It is an indirect object! In French, the verb is conseiller quelque chose à quelqu'un (to recommend something to someone). Since you are recommending the medication to someone, vous acts as the indirect object pronoun replacing à vous.
Why does vous come before the verb conseille?
In French, object pronouns (like me, te, nous, and vous) are placed directly before the conjugated verb they belong to. While English says 'I advise you', French structure dictates subject + pronoun + verb: Je vous conseille.
The English translation says 'to take', but I don't see a French word for that here. Why?
French simply uses the structure conseiller quelque chose (to recommend something). Literally, the sentence means 'I recommend this new medication to you'. The English translation added 'to take' to make it sound more natural, but it isn't needed in French!
Why does the adjective nouveau come before médicament?
Most French adjectives come after the noun, but nouveau belongs to a special group of short, common adjectives (often remembered by the acronym BAGS for Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size) that go before the noun. Nouveau fits into the Age category.
Why use ce instead of cet?
The demonstrative adjective ce (meaning this or that) is used because médicament is masculine, and the word immediately following the adjective (nouveau) starts with a consonant. You only use cet before a masculine word if the very next word starts with a vowel or a mute H.

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