French language Q&A Forum

Beautiful island. Great listening opportunity. But the music is so loud, I'm having trouble hearing the narrator. Dommage. 

I have a question about the following quiz question:

Elle pardonne à Paul et elle _________

The translation was "She forgives Paul and she forgives us"

The correct answer was "nous pardonne"

I am confused why the first part is "pardonne à Paul" but the second part has the pronoun in front of the verb, "nous pardonne". Is there a general rule to follow for this placement?

I have come across uses of le conditionnel passé avec devoir where the meaning appears to lean more towards “would have” than “should have”.  Par exemple “les alertes auraient dû sauver des vies”, by the context of the article could have been interpreted as a praise of the alert system as opposed to criticising the fact that the alert system did not do its job. Alternatively, it could mean criticism of people for not taking notice of the alerts. So, does “ils auraient dû + infinitive” always mean “should have”, or is there some subtle shading of meaning? 

Pourquoi "il avait répété dans sa tête" et pas "il avait répété dans la tête"?