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Elle va au marche

Alyssa K.A0KwizIQ community member

Elle va au marche

"Elle va au marche" i always thought that if there is a vowel right after like va and au that we abbreviate?

This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Marie in France"

Reading A1, Monuments, Tourism & Vacations, Family & Relationships, Listening or Seeing A1

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Cécile J.A1KwizIQ Q&A super contributorCorrect answer

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

Bonne Continuation!

 

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Kingsley B.A0KwizIQ community member

lol

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Elle va au marche

"Elle va au marche" i always thought that if there is a vowel right after like va and au that we abbreviate?

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