Word
Les parents gâtent la fille et lui donnent un doudou.
Meaning
The parents spoil the girl and give her a cuddly toy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Les parents gâtent la fille et lui donnent un doudou.
un
a / an (masculine)
la fille
the girl
et
and
le parent
the parent
Questions & Answers about Les parents gâtent la fille et lui donnent un doudou.
Why do we use lui for a girl? Doesn't it mean 'him'?
As an indirect object pronoun, lui means both 'to him' and 'to her'. The verb is donner à (to give to), so it takes an indirect object. Therefore, lui donnent means 'give to her'. If the verb took a direct object, you would use la.
Is un doudou a normal word for a toy?
Why is there no subject before donnent?
What is the infinitive of gâtent?
The infinitive is gâter (to spoil). It is a perfectly regular -er verb. The circumflex accent over the 'a' doesn't change how it is conjugated, but it is an important part of the spelling!