Shopping: direct object pronoun contraction 'l''

The English 'th' sound does not exist in French. In French the SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) [th] makes a 't' sound. The French [ch] does not make the same sound as the English 'ch'. In French, the SSC [ch] makes a 'sh' sound. A direct object is a noun that receives the action of the verb. It answers either what? or whom? Using the direct object pronoun 'it' to replace a masculine noun we use 'le'; to replace a feminine noun we use 'la'. Direct object pronouns go before the verb; 'le' and 'la' shorten to 'l’ ' before a verb starting with a vowel or 'h'.