Bonjour - for some reason i'm having a really hard time with this lesson. My confusion is the fact that the lesson instructs that the order is reversed with reminding someone of someone else, which I understand well enough.
My problem comes in the test, for a perfect example:
"You remind him of Audrey Hepburn" to which the answer is:
Tu lui rappelles Audrey Hepburn
This seems like the exact same order as the English. Any tips or help would be appreciated. Merci d'avance.
You are correct in that in this example the word order is exactly as in English. It is because of "lui" which replaces a named indirect object (e.g., à John). "Lui" always comes before the verb, which makes the word order be the same as in English.
Tu rappelles Audrey Hebpurn à John.Tu lui rappelles Audrey Hepburn.
I think i see now - if the indirect object is a pronoun, then it is the same order, but if the indirect object is a proper noun, then the order is different. I think the lesson is kind of confusing on this point because it begins by saying the order is reversed but then doesn't point out in the next section that the order is the same if you are using an indirect object pronoun.
Merci
I had the same problem with the presentation of this concept
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