: a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that occurs in addition to a direct object after some verbs and indicates the person or thing that receives what is being given or done : the person or thing that the action of a verb is performed for or directed to In the sentences “She bought him a present,” “He gave all four walls a …

An indirect object answers the question of to whom, for whom, or for what.

Direct object pronouns A direct object is an object which is acted on directly by verb, without being mediated by a preposition: Elle met ses chaussures. Direct objects can be replaced by direct object pronouns (me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les), which will agree in number and gender with the noun they replace.

Y and en are adverbial pronouns. Like all pronouns, their purpose is to replace a noun. Y and en act like adverbs in a sentence, as they’re used to describe verbs. Y is usually used to replace “à,” “chez,” or “dans” + a noun in a sentence, and in these cases, would normally be translated as “there” in English.

s’en

The French pronoun En Replaces a THING Introduced by a Verb Followed by “de, du, de la, de l’, des” (not a quantity here). The “de, du , des…” often comes from the verb meaning that this particular verb is going to be followed by the preposition “de”, and that is why you’d be using a “de” there.

All other countries are masculine: le Nigéria, le Brésil, le Canada, le Japon, le Danemark, le Maroc, le Liban, le Pakistan, le Pérou.

Variations

Toronto is definitely feminine.