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In English, when we speak of a direct object, we mean a noun that is acted on by the verb. In the sentence “He ate a cookie,” for example, the word cookie is a direct object. In Hebrew, you say this sentence like this:

הוּא אָכַל עוּגִיָּה (hoo ah-hahl oo-gee-yah; literally: He ate cookie.)

Notice that Hebrew doesn’t have a word for a in this example. The a is simply implied.

You can always spot an indirect object in Hebrew because it’s always preceded by a preposition. If you want to say “He gave a boy a cookie,” the word boy is an indirect object. He is being given something, but he isn’t directly acted on. Another test for an indirect object: It can have to before it (“He gave a cookie to a boy”). In Hebrew, you say that phrase this way: הוּאנָתַן לַיֶּלֶד עוּגִיָּה (hoo nah-tahn lah-yeh-lehd oo-gee-ah; literally: He gave to boy cookie.).