Je suis

Question

So I am and I follow is the same? I am you = I follow you = je te suis?

Laura K Lawless · Accepted Answer

Bonjour J,  Well, I'm not sure that anyone would ever say "I am you" but yes, the first person singular conjugations for être and suivre are the same: Je suis.

Lanny Ripple · Answer

My wife has a great story about learning French in high-school. They were given random slips of paper and told to tell a story.  Her's was, "I am a tree." [Je suis un arbre.]  She started in with, "I followed a tree to school.  Where it was going I do not know."  [Je suis un arbre...]  She relates that her teacher looked confused, had the lightbulb go off, took off her glasses and laughed for five minutes.

Theresa-Marie Ellender · Answer

Laura,

True, one may not say "I am you", but one would say "I follow Jesus Christ".  Would the same sentence structure be used in that case:  "Je Jésus-Christ suis"?

Sara Ng · Answer

I enjoyed reading this, thanks for sharing :)

Sara Ng · Answer

* @ Lanny

Taras Lychuk · Answer

There is an error in the quiz section. The question was: Est-ce que tu ________ avec quelqu'un ? Do you live with someone?(HINT: Conjugate ''vivre'' in Le Présent) I answered "tu vis" and it was marked as wrong, and the right answer was "tu vives". Please correct this. Thanks,

Taras Lychuk · Answer

There is an error in the quiz section. The question was: Est-ce que tu ________ avec quelqu'un ? Do you live with someone?(HINT: Conjugate ''vivre'' in Le Présent) I answered "tu vis" and it was marked as wrong, and the right answer was "tu vives". Please correct this. Thanks,

Taras Lychuk · Answer

There is an error in the quiz section. The question was: Est-ce que tu ________ avec quelqu'un ? Do you live with someone?(HINT: Conjugate ''vivre'' in Le Présent) I answered "tu vis" and it was marked as wrong, and the right answer was "tu vives". Please correct this. Thanks,