Complement of indirect object

See also: COI

In French, the complement of indirect object (COI) is a function, following the example COD. It generally follows the verb, except when it is inalized Pronom. He answers the question “with which/what”, “for which/what”, “of which/what”, etc posed after the verb. He supplements the verb indirectly, via a preposition ( with, of, for, towards, by, in, etc) This preposition is determined by the verb, contrary to the prepositions of the circumstantial complements. This is why the COI, like the COD and contrary to the circumstantial complement, is an essential complement.

The COI can be made up:

of a nominal group:

I resembled rather an Eskimo than with a French. (Balzac, the Colonel Chabert ).

of a Pronoun:

It resembled to him.

of one verb to the Infinitive (which itself can have a complement as it is the case here):

It required to see its face in a mirror .

propositional Complements:

Subordinate clause substantivizes:

It spoke to which wanted to come well .

Noun clause:

I hold so that it is there.

In addition one should not confuse these indirect constructions with constructions of impersonal verbs:

It is appropriate to be keep silent. (not of COI, because impossible passivation).

Finally any preposition inevitably does not introduce the COI of the verb which precedes it. Thus, in

It wondered which it could resemble well ,

there are a COI and a COD to ask (the COI is , pronominalization of “with itself”, and in addition the COD is which well it could resemble ), and a COI to resemble ( with which ). The preposition with thus introduces here the COI with which .

COS (in the past complement of attribution when which it one was animated)

A COI is often complement of a verb which has already a COD. One then speaks about Complément of object second (COS) for this second complement (see the article).

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