Think about it.

Hello,
When I want to say: "Think about it" in French how should it go?
penser à qch ou cogiter ; réfléchir à.
O.K. where is the IT in these two verbs. When the word {idea } is a feminine noun where should I put the Elle in this phrase to take place of It in think about it.

About some French dictionaries, it said avoir........ .here, dose the
Auxiliary avoir stay as it's or I have to choose the right Pronoun.

Hence,
avoir de la suite dans les idées

J'ai de la suite dans les idées!!

what do you THINK?

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Permalink Reply by Frank on September 15, 2009 at 7:56am

Hello,

A literal translation would be "pense à ça".

"ça" (or "cela") doesn't really have any gender, it is often a valid translation for "it".

However, while you might sometimes hear "à ça", "à + pronoun" is often replaced by "y". Thus, "think about it" can be translated as:

Penses-y.

Why is there a "s" at the end of the verb?

Because without it, it would be hard to pronounce with a voyel afterwards.

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Permalink Reply by Frank on September 15, 2009 at 8:03am

Now that I think about it, the extra "s" is added when the verb should end with a "e" but is followed by "y" or "en" only. And the "s" is pronounced as a Z: pense-zy, mange-zen.

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Permalink Reply by Deay on September 15, 2009 at 1:49pm

Thank you so much.
What's your explanation for this verb s'occuper reflexive verb (+ v être)?
Can I replace the prefix Sto T. what the s was for if I consider this letter would be the pronoun.
Like this one, t'occuperas de moi jusqu'au bout.

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Permalink Reply by Frank on September 15, 2009 at 2:02pm

Hi Deay,

"s'occuper" (de sth/sb) is indeed a reflexive verb.

The "s'/se" prefix is only for the 3rd person. With the 1st person, it becomes "m'/me" and with the 2nd one, as you wrote, it becomes "t'/te". This is true in all cases (when it acts as a direct complement and when it doesn't).

So your sentence, Tu (don't forget the subject) t'occuperas de moi is correct.

"t'" acts as a direct object complement, standing for "tu". "de moi" is the indirect object complement.