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Tu es furieux, mais je te promets que je ne le suis pas.

Tu es furieux, mais je te promets que je ne le suis pas.
You are furious, but I promise you that I am not.
From Lesson 310:The neuter object pronoun (le)·French

Questions & Answers about Tu es furieux, mais je te promets que je ne le suis pas.

Why is there a le in je ne le suis pas, since the English translation just says "I am not"?
In French, you cannot leave the verb être (to be) hanging without a complement like we do in English. You must use the neuter pronoun le to stand in for the adjective or state just mentioned. Here, le replaces the adjective furieux, so it literally translates to "I am not it".
If the speaker (the "I") is a woman, shouldn't le change to la?
No, it remains le. When le is used as a neuter pronoun to replace an adjective (like furieux), a state, or an entire idea, it is invariable. It never changes to match the gender or number of the speaker.
Why is the pronoun le placed before suis instead of after?
Object pronouns always go immediately before the conjugated verb they belong to. In negative sentences, the negative wrapper ne ... pas goes around both the pronoun and the verb together, resulting in je ne le suis pas.
In je te promets, is te a direct or indirect object?
It is an indirect object pronoun. In French, you use the structure promettre quelque chose à quelqu'un (to promise something to someone). The te represents the "to you", while the entire clause starting with que is the direct object (the "something" being promised).

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