"Le vent lui fouettait le visage"Which of these two is correct, or are both correct. I expected that #2 is correct but it seems the Kwiziq writing challenges expect only #1. I can see both in use elsewhere on the web but I only understand the reasoning behind #2.
1. " Le vent lui fouettait le visage"
2. " Le vent fouettait son visage"
Isn't le/son visage the direct object?
Isn't the use of lui implying that there is an indirect object?
But fouetter does not use indirect objects, does it?
Are we supposed to look at this as:
Subject: The wind
Verb: whips
Direct object: the face
Indirect object: (of) him
But why? There is no "à" in this sentence "Le vent fouettait le visage de Marcel", only a "de".
Il ne mange des pâtes que le samedi. He eats pasta only on Saturdays.
Not sure the English is quite right there.. shouldn't it be he only eats pasta on Saturday.. he eats pasta only means he eats nothing else
l ne mange que des pâtes le samedi. He eats only pasta.... That is correct and is synonymous with he eats only
The French looks very clear.. it is the English that is impossible!
Which of these two is correct, or are both correct. I expected that #2 is correct but it seems the Kwiziq writing challenges expect only #1. I can see both in use elsewhere on the web but I only understand the reasoning behind #2.
1. " Le vent lui fouettait le visage"
2. " Le vent fouettait son visage"
Isn't le/son visage the direct object?
Isn't the use of lui implying that there is an indirect object?
But fouetter does not use indirect objects, does it?
Are we supposed to look at this as:
Subject: The wind
Verb: whips
Direct object: the face
Indirect object: (of) him
But why? There is no "à" in this sentence "Le vent fouettait le visage de Marcel", only a "de".
A newspaper seller is also called a "libraire" ?
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