Please show me example sentences with les longues oreilles du fennec lui permettent d'entendre les plus petits bruits . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

Hello, I have a question about this sentence "les longues oreilles du fennec lui permettent d'entendre les plus petits bruits" the pronom personnel of "lui" what kind of pronom it's, and why we put it, because I have just started learning French I need a detailed explanation, thanks.

Answers

Axymeus

8 February

French (France)

"lui" is an indirect pronoun like "him" in english (in your sentence: his ears allow him to…)
"lui" is the indirect pronoun equivalent to "il" and "elle" both.

shogune

8 February

Arabic

@Axymeus thanks, but I can't imagine the existence of "à" in this sentence, can u write COI in this sentence without "lui"

Axymeus

8 February

French (France)

@shogune I don't think that's possible with proper grammar. You could say "Ses longues oreilles permettent au (à+le) fennec (…)"

I guess the original sentence can be understood as "Les oreilles du fennec permettent (à lui) d'entendre" but remember that it's incorrect to write it like that. Because "lui" is an indirect pronoun, the "à" is not necessary, it's already included in the meaning of "lui" in a way.

shogune

8 February

Arabic

@Axymeus thanks. That helps me a lot. I'm terrified now cause I can't distinguish if I have to put pronom of COI or COD, is there any advice to master them and solve this issue?