je lui dirai de faire attention

James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

on every site I've looked at, it says its 'dire à' and not 'dire de' to 'tell sb to do st' ? is this an error ?

Asked 2 years ago

Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

It should be:

dire à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose.

In this case "à quelqu'un" is replaced by "lui".

Like42 years ago

on every site I've looked at, it says its 'dire à' and not 'dire de' to 'tell sb to do st' ? is this an error ?

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