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Position of more than one object pronoun with faire etc. + infinitive

When the verbs faire, laisser, envoyer, and perception verbs like voir, entendre, regarder, sentir axe followed by an infinitive, there are different ways of placing two pronouns depending on which verb is being used.

If the verb is faire, both the pronouns come before faire (or avoir if faire is in a compound tense):

• Je les lui ferai manger Je les lui ai fait manger

I shall make him eat them I made him eat them

If the verb is laisser, envoyer or one of the perception verbs, there are the two possibilities illustrated below:

• Tu les lui laisses lire? Tu la laisses les lire?

Will you let her read them? Will you let her read them?

• Je le leur ai entendu dire Je les ai entendus le dire

I heard them say so I heard them say so

• Elle me l'envoya chercher Elle m'envoya le chercher

She sent me to fetch it or She sent me to fetch it

She had it fetched for me

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