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1.Qu'est-ce qu'on lui prend comme glace?
Which ice cream shall we get him


2.Qu'est-ce qu'on la prend comme glace?
Which ice cream shall we get her.


3.Je vais appel toi demain.
I will call you tomorrow.

I hope my French sentences are flawless!

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In your examples, "lui" is the indirect object complement. And it's an invariant, it should always be "lui" regardless of the gender.

So while your first sentence is flawless, the second one should be:

Qu'est-ce-qu'on lui prend comme glace

Even if you're talking about a girl.

Now, the 3rd one.

When you have two verbs in a row (which are not auxiliary verbs), the second one is always at the infinitive form.

Here, you have two verbs: "aller", followed by another verb "appeler". So the second one should be "appeler".

Je vais t'appeler demain

Please note that "t'" is a direct object complement, not an indirect one as in the previous sentences.
Thanks Frank
Qu'est-ce-qu'on lui prend comme glace.
If you tell me the above, how do I know whether it is a girl?


I called him yesterday.
3.J'ai' appeler lui hier.
How about the 3rd sentence?
Qu'est-ce-qu'on lui prend comme glace.
If you tell me the above, how do I know whether it is a girl?


Well, you need to check whether it has boobs or moobs. Seriously, there's no way to tell, as "lui" can apply to both.

J'ai' appeler lui hier.

Doesn't work. As a direct object complement, you should use m', t', l', nous, vous and les.

Tu m'as appelé hier / Tu m'as appelée hier
Je t'ai appelé hier / Je t'ai appelée hier
Je l'ai appelé hier / Je l'ai appelée hier
Il nous a appelés hier / Il nous a appelées hier
Je vous ai appelés hier / Je vous ai appelé hier / Je vous ai appelée hier / Je vous ai appelées hier
Je les ai appelés hier / Je les ai appelées hier
Thanks Frank

Tu m'as appelé hier / Tu m'as appelée hier.
You called me yesterday.


Je t'ai appelé hier / Je t'ai appelée hier.
I called you yesterday. ( To a friend)

Je l'ai appelé hier / Je l'ai appelée hier.
How do you translate the above?

Il nous a appelés hier / Il nous a appelées hier
He called them yesterday.

Je vous ai appelés hier / Je vous ai appelé hier / Je vous ai appelée hier / Je vous ai appelées hier.
I called you(all) yesterday. [ Not close friends]

Je les ai appelés hier / Je les ai appelées hier
I called them yesterday.

[ I have called them yesterday. OR He has called them yesterday is not acceptable. You don't write the present perfect tense for a past event. ]

I have trained at the gym yesterday. [wrong.]
I trained at the gym yesterday. [correct]
Je l'ai appelé hier / Je l'ai appelée hier.
How do you translate the above?


I called him yesterday / I called her yesterday

Je vous ai appelés hier / Je vous ai appelé hier / Je vous ai appelée hier / Je vous ai appelées hier.
I called you(all) yesterday. [ Not close friends]


Depends. The singular versions are formal, so they indeed aren't close friends.
The plural versions just means that you're talking about a couple of people, possibly friends.

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