Learn French: Le facteur le lui remet sans problème. - The postman hands it over to him without a problem.

Le facteur le lui remet sans problème.

The postman hands it over to him without a problem.

Breakdown of Le facteur le lui remet sans problème.

lui

him / to him / to her (indirect object)

him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)

Questions & Answers about Le facteur le lui remet sans problème.

Why is the pronoun order le lui instead of lui le?

When a sentence has two object pronouns and they are both in the third person, French has a strict rule for their order: the direct object (le, la, or les) must always come before the indirect object (lui or leur). So "it to him" translates to le lui.

Could lui mean "to her" in this sentence?

Yes! The indirect object pronoun lui means both "to him" and "to her". We translated it as "to him" here, but without more context, the postman could just as easily be handing the item to a woman.

What is the infinitive of remet?

The infinitive is remettre. While it literally means "to put back," it is very commonly used to mean "to hand over" or "to deliver" when talking about documents, parcels, or messages. It is conjugated exactly like the base verb mettre (to put).

Why isn't there an article before problème, like sans un problème?

After the preposition sans (without), French generally drops indefinite articles (un, une, des) when the noun is abstract or used in a general sense. So, "without a problem" translates simply to sans problème.