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    Instead of Dative, which is a term often used in describing grammars of Germanic languages, I think the more official term is pronoms objets indirects in French(Indirect Object Pronouns). Commented Jan 21, 2024 at 21:21
  • @dvx2718 Yes, I probably should have added that. Unfortunately the terminology differs a lot between languages and countries even if we are often talking about the same thing. Commented Jan 21, 2024 at 22:12
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    @Segorian In my experience, «COI» is the most common term for that in French grammars. (complément d’objet indirect) Commented Jan 22, 2024 at 19:46
  • Thank you very much for your detailed and informative answer! Now I have a clear idea about the usage of determiners. Commented Jan 23, 2024 at 8:52
  • I think this answer is slightly missing the point that in English, the word "their" is used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun. So a translation of the intent would be to attempt gender neutrality, rather than trying to translate the word "their" directly. Commented Jan 23, 2024 at 16:09