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I have a question about the case of Soi

In one of the examples in the lesson, the sentence "Il faut toujours aider plus petit que soi" translates as "One must always help those smaller than oneself". Where do you get the word "those" from? Shouldn't there be another word between "aider" and "plus"? Like "les personnes" or something?

This question relates to:French lesson "Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (advanced stress pronouns)"

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

In this sentence "plus petit" is used as a noun and would literally translate as "the smaller (one)". The English translation which carries the same meaning as the French sentence doesn't follow the grammatical structure of the French sentence exactly.

More literally: One must always help the smaller (one) than oneself.

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I have a question about the case of Soi

In one of the examples in the lesson, the sentence "Il faut toujours aider plus petit que soi" translates as "One must always help those smaller than oneself". Where do you get the word "those" from? Shouldn't there be another word between "aider" and "plus"? Like "les personnes" or something?

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