Pads Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 If I want to say ...If I dont see you at the gate , using tu is this correct ?Si je ne tu vois pas à la porte ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misplacedperson Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Si je te vois pas. And it depends who you're talking to - if it's the vicar, substitute vous. If it's your wife, tu should suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Si je ne te vois pas à la porte...Tu is the subject form and te is the object form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 can any one explain further here ...I understand what a pronoun is but not sure of the difference between object and subject onesThe full sentance Im saying here is ...I will call you on your mobile from a public phone if I dont see you at the gate. J'appelleria ton téléphone portable du téléphone public si je ne te vois pas à la porte.I need to do this in the tu form .I also want to say ....Je suis impatient de tu voir ...is this right or is it te ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Pads,Again, it's 'te'. 'Je suis impatient de te voir.'The subject of a verb is the person (or thing) that does something and the object is the person or thing that they do it to. It's the difference between 'I' and 'me' or between 'he' and 'him'. In old fashioned English 'thou' is the equivalent of French 'tu' ('Thou shalt not steal.') and 'thee' is equivalent to French 'te' ('Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Many thanks for that ...will go into the corner now and chew over that one ... may come back later if I still dont get it .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Well, if you were to, then I am more beautiful and more fair.Just remember that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissie Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 si je ne te vois pas AU PORTAIL (d'entrée) door = porte gate = portail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Albert, I have to say that is a BRILLIANT explaination!!I could never quite get that straight in my head but now it makes sense.Merci, merci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Thanks.[:$]Actually, it struck me that you can use the last letter of the English thee/thou to remember whether to use te/tu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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