Rends-moi le livre tout à l'heure, d'accord?

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Breakdown of Rends-moi le livre tout à l'heure, d'accord?

• moi: me
• d'accord: okay
• rendre: to give back

Questions & Answers about Rends-moi le livre tout à l'heure, d'accord?

Why is it Rends-moi and not Rend-moi or Me rends…?

• It’s the imperative (a direct request/command). For rendre, the imperative forms are: rends (tu), rendons (nous), rendez (vous).
• In affirmative imperatives, object pronouns go after the verb with a hyphen, and me becomes moi: Rends-moi …
• Me rends … would be indicative (not an order) and would need a subject: Tu me rends …

Why is it moi instead of me?

• In the affirmative imperative, me/te change to moi/toi and follow the verb with a hyphen: Rends-moi.
• In the negative imperative, they go back to me/te in front of the verb (no hyphen): Ne me rends pas …

If I replace le livre with “it,” how does the sentence change?

• Use pronouns and keep their order: Rends-le-moi tout à l’heure, d’accord?
• Order in affirmative imperatives: verb – le/la/les – moi/toi/lui/nous/vous/leur – y – en (hyphens between all parts).

Where do the hyphens go? Any changes with y or en?