/tə/
Translation
you, to you, yourself (second-person singular object pronoun)
Word origin
From Latin te, the accusative and ablative of tu ('you').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- te
Examples
promets ' l'.
I promise you I'll be there on time.
Quelqu' l'.
Someone is looking for you at the entrance.
Guillaume.
I want to introduce my friend Guillaume to you.
rappelle sors .
I will ring you back as soon as I leave the meeting.
?
Do you always get up before six in the morning?
est le pronom personnel de la deuxieme personne du singulier en position objet direct, objet indirect et reflechi. Il s'emploie exclusivement dans les rapports de tutoiement (tu). Devant une voyelle ou un h muet, il s'elide en t'. Sa place est avant le verbe conjugue, sauf a l'imperatif affirmatif ou il se place apres le verbe sous la forme tonique toi : leve-toi, depêche-toi.
La distinction entre te objet direct et te objet indirect n'est pas visible a la forme. En revanche, elle conditionne l'accord du participe passe au passe compose avec avoir : je t'ai vu(e) (COD, accord possible) vs je t'ai repondu (COI, pas d'accord). A l'oral, cet accord est souvent imperceptible.
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