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Je veux le créer aujourd'hui.

Je veux le créer aujourd'hui.
I want to create it today.
From Lesson 109:Pronoun placement with infinitives (le faire)·French

Questions & Answers about Je veux le créer aujourd'hui.

Why is le placed before créer instead of before veux?
When you have a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (like veux créer), the object pronoun goes right before the infinitive it belongs to. Since you are creating "it," the pronoun le goes right before créer.
Where do the negative words go if I want to say "I don't want to create it"?
The negative structure ne ... pas hugs the conjugated verb, not the infinitive. You would say Je ne veux pas le créer aujourd'hui. Notice how le stays securely attached to the front of créer.
If I wanted to say "I want to create them," how would this sentence change?
You would replace the singular pronoun le with the plural pronoun les. The sentence becomes Je veux les créer aujourd'hui. The placement right before the infinitive stays exactly the same!
Could le mean "him" here instead of "it"?
Yes, le is the direct object pronoun for both masculine things ("it") and masculine people ("him"). While Je veux le créer could technically mean "I want to create him," "it" makes much more sense with the verb créer.

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