Forming negative commands with reflexive verbs

Deb S.B2Kwiziq community member

The question was “ tell your friends, don’t sit down!” Shouldn’t we use the tu form not the vous form in this case?

Asked 2 years ago

Nick H.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Hi Deb,

The sentence refers to 'friends' i.e plural so we have to use the 'vous' form here. Whilst 'tu' is used informally, it is also only singular.

Nick

Like12 years ago

Deb S. asked:

The question was “ tell your friends, don’t sit down!” Shouldn’t we use the tu form not the vous form in this case?

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