Why does one say 'appelez-le' but 'téléphonez-lui'?
Appelez-le / Téléphonez-lui
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Federico F.Kwiziq community member
Appelez-le / Téléphonez-lui
This question relates to:French writing exercise "Police Station Dialogue"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Federico,
If you take a look at my answer to a similar question you will see the verbs appeler and téléphoner à quelqu'un, although they mean the same thing, grammatically use different object pronouns -
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/why-il-ecrit-a-sa-tante-becomes-il-lui-ecrit
Hope this helps!
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