I suspect the confusion is that when it's a stress pronoun, "lui" always means "him", but as an indirect object pronoun, it's also used for "her".
Using lui/leur = him or her/them (French Indirect Object Pronouns)
I've just been told by a French speaker you can say "je vais lui montrer" to mean "I will show her". Help! I'm confused!
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AndrewKwiziq community member
I've just been told by a French speaker you can say "je vais lui montrer" to mean "I will show her". Help! I'm confused!
This question relates to:French lesson "Moi/toi/lui/elle = Me/you/him/her - simple cases (French Stress Pronouns)"
Asked 2 years ago
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Indeed, that's a perfectly fine sentence. Let's take a look at it:
Montrer qqc à qqn. -- To show something to someone.
The object you're showing is the direct object and the person you're showing it to is the indirect object.
Without the direct object, the meaning -- similar to English -- can also be to convince someone as in "I'll show her!"
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