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There are two ways to translate "you" (singular) in French : tu and vous. But those two words are not interchangeable, “vous” i
Like in English, the form of the personal pronoun changes according to its use in the sentence.
je (I)
tu (you)
nous (we)
Vous (you)
Me (myself)
Te (yourself)
Nous (ourselves)
Vous (yourselves)
Se (themselves)
Reflexives are verbs whose action refers back to the subject. In French, the these verbs imply that the speaker is doing the ac
To conjugate those verbs you need to put the personal pronoun between the subject and the verb. The reflexive pronoun alw
Je m’appelle
In French, adjectives change their endings to agree in gender and number with the noun that they modify. Most of the adjectiv
In this sentence, “enchantée" is understood as "Je suis enchantée" (I am delighted). Since “Je” represents a feminine singular
Here enchanté, which also understood as je suis enchanté, has a masculine subject. Therefore the adjective doesn’t end with
the verb. The reflexive pronoun always agrees with the subject. For example
hat they modify. Most of the adjectives that already end with a é, will take an additional e when they modify a feminine noun.
e “Je” represents a feminine singular subject, the adjective needs another e in its ending so that it will also be in the feminine singular.
e feminine singular.
using tu with someone you don't know may be perceived as an insult. It's always better to use vous until the person requests that you use tu
n requests that you use tu when addressing each other.