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The indirect object complement (French: le complément d'objet indirect, COI) indirectly completes the verb most often through a preposition. The verb used with an COI is an indirect transitive verb. | The indirect object complement (French: le complément d'objet indirect, COI) indirectly completes the verb most often through a [[Language/French/Grammar/Prepositions|preposition]]. The verb used with an COI is an indirect [[Language/French/Grammar/Transitive-and-Intransitive-Verbs|transitive verb]] verb. | ||
To find the COI of the verb, it is most enough to ask questions: | To find the COI of the verb, it is most enough to ask questions: | ||
* à qui ? à quoi ? | * à qui ? à quoi ? | ||
* de qui ? de quoi ? | to whom? to what? | ||
* de qui ? de quoi ? | |||
of who? of what? | |||
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The indirect object complement
The indirect object complement (French: le complément d'objet indirect, COI) indirectly completes the verb most often through a preposition. The verb used with an COI is an indirect transitive verb verb.
To find the COI of the verb, it is most enough to ask questions:
- à qui ? à quoi ?
to whom? to what?
- de qui ? de quoi ?
of who? of what?