"Elle va au marche" i always thought that if there is a vowel right after like va and au that we abbreviate?
Elle va au marche
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Alyssa K.Kwiziq community member
Elle va au marche
This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Marie in France"
Reading A1, Monuments, Tourism & Vacations, Family & Relationships, Listening or Seeing A1
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Alyssa,
What you are referring to is an 'elision' but you won't normally elide verbs as your sentence would lose all meaning.
Below is a page showing you the type of words that are usually elided -
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/glossary/contraction/l-elision-elision
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