COD or COI

Liv R.B1Kwiziq community member

I stumbled across a French grammar exercise and I don't understand the solution. "Tu as appelé tes parents? Oui, je leur ai téléphoné ce matin." I thought that we always used COD with appeler quelqu'un, so is there a mistake or what is the exception? Why is this not the case here?

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Liv,

the verb with ‘ leur ‘ as its indirect object is ‘ téléphoner à (qqn) ‘, not ‘ appeler (qqn) ‘.

The lesson below covers this.

Using lui/leur = him or her/them (French Indirect Object Pronouns)

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Liv R. asked:

COD or COI

I stumbled across a French grammar exercise and I don't understand the solution. "Tu as appelé tes parents? Oui, je leur ai téléphoné ce matin." I thought that we always used COD with appeler quelqu'un, so is there a mistake or what is the exception? Why is this not the case here?

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