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tu and toi in the same sentence

Started this discussion. Last reply by Lefevre Jun 22, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I'm trying to augment my daily "duolingo" French lessons by reading Le petit prince.On p.16 I find this: - Alors, toi aussi tu viens du ciel !confused about seeing both toi and tu, I fed it to…Continue

translation of "real"

Started this discussion. Last reply by Vedas Jun 1, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes

I fed this into google translate:"I have found the real lemon" -> Je l'ai trouvé le vrai citronThe result looks wrong to me, I had expected something like J'ai trouvé le vrai citronthinking…Continue

quand/lorsque or où ?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Neil Coffey Apr 18, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I've seen plenty of articles trying to explain the difference between quand and lorsque (e.g. …Continue

contraction rules

Started this discussion. Last reply by Antoine Olivier Apr 18, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Apparently, the French don't like it when one word ends with a vowel and the next begins with a vowel. There are many tricks to avoid such "collisions". Then, I found this sentence:Est-ce que tu…Continue