I speak of her
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Chris
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21/01/18
Hi harris,
The French verb "parler" can have two pieces of information attached to it: with whom you speak and what you speak of. For example:
Je parle à Marie de son travail. -- I speak with Marie about her work.
You can now proceed to substitute pronouns for each of the two parts and it would go like this:
Je lui en parle. -- I speak with her about it.
The topic you speek about is always "de + (topic)". If you speak about her then it is "d'elle". The person you speak with is always an indirect object in French: "parler À quelqu'un". Therefore it goes like this:
Je te parle -- I speak with you.
Je lui parle -- I speak with him (or her; only context would tell).
Je vous parle -- I speak with them (or you; in a formal setting)
"Je l'en parle" is definitely incorrect.
Greetings, -- Chris (not a native speaker).
The French verb "parler" can have two pieces of information attached to it: with whom you speak and what you speak of. For example:
Je parle à Marie de son travail. -- I speak with Marie about her work.
You can now proceed to substitute pronouns for each of the two parts and it would go like this:
Je lui en parle. -- I speak with her about it.
The topic you speek about is always "de + (topic)". If you speak about her then it is "d'elle". The person you speak with is always an indirect object in French: "parler À quelqu'un". Therefore it goes like this:
Je te parle -- I speak with you.
Je lui parle -- I speak with him (or her; only context would tell).
Je vous parle -- I speak with them (or you; in a formal setting)
"Je l'en parle" is definitely incorrect.
Greetings, -- Chris (not a native speaker).
Chris
Kwiziq community member
22/01/18
...sorry, just to correct a typo:
Je vous parle -- I speak with you (either a group or a formal "tu")
Joan
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13/02/18
Hi Chris, if I want to say: "I speak with him about them", is it : "Je lui parle d'eux" ?
Thanks

Cécile
Kwiziq language super star
4/09/18
Hi Joan,
Indeed,
"Je lui parle d'eux" is correct for "I speak with him about them"...
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harris
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20 January 2018
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I speak of her
I'm confused why "I speak of her" is "Je parle d'elle" as my first instinct would be to say "je l'en parle". What am I missing here? Thanks.
This question relates to:
French lesson "Moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles (advanced stress pronouns)"