Breakdown of Le coursier les leur apporte avec la camionnette.
avec
with
apporter
to bring (to a place)
les
them (direct object pronoun)
leur
to them (indirect object)
Questions & Answers about Le coursier les leur apporte avec la camionnette.
Why is it les leur and not leur les?
When a sentence has two 3rd-person object pronouns, the direct object (le, la, or les) always comes before the indirect object (lui or leur). Because les is the direct object (the things being brought) and leur is the indirect object (the people receiving them), the correct grammatical order must be les leur.
In English it says 'them to them'. How do we tell which is which in French?
French makes this clearer than English by using completely different words! les is the direct object pronoun for plural things being acted upon (the packages). leur is the indirect object pronoun meaning 'to them' (the customers).
Could we use amène instead of apporte in this sentence?
Could I say en camionnette instead of avec la camionnette?