Order of indirect and direct object

Question

You have these two examples:

Ne la lui écris pas! (Don't write it to her!)

Ne me le donne pas! (Don't give it to me!)

I see the underline under me le but I don't know how to interpret it. In the first example you have direct object (la) then indirect object (lui). In the second example the reverse: indirect object (me) then direct object (le). Is there a rule here that I'm missing?

Thank you

Accepted Answer

Hi Stuart, 
There is an order for placing multiple pronouns after the subject pronouns in a sentence, and it is as follows -

me , te , se , nous, vous
then,
le, la ,les
then,
lui, leur
then, 
y
then, 
en

This is not true of the imperative affirmative commands when the pronouns come after the verb, separated by a hyphen, lots of lessons on this on Kwiziq...
Hope this helps!

Answer

Yes that helps a lot.  I had missed that tip.