Regarding usage of "à la maison"

Avery E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Regarding usage of "à la maison"

Regarding the section "Case of 'à la maison' vs. 'chez moi' ": Would it be correct to use "à la maison" to refer to second and third person subjects when returning to their own homes, e.g. "Elle rentre à la maison" for "She is going back home", or "Tu rentres à la maison" for "You are going back home", etc.?

(The example given for "à la maison" used the first person (je) only and the next section describes subjects going to other people's homes, and not their own). 

Merci en avance! 

 

Asked 3 weeks ago
CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Avery,

If you said 

Elle rentre à la maison 

What people in France will hear is that she is going back to your house, not hers. 

You'd have to say -

Elle rentre chez elle 

You will hear very young children ( making what we call 'logical mistakes') 

Elle rentre à sa maison 

Tu rentres à ta maison 

But an adult will not say that.

Hope this helps!

Avery E. asked:

Regarding usage of "à la maison"

Regarding the section "Case of 'à la maison' vs. 'chez moi' ": Would it be correct to use "à la maison" to refer to second and third person subjects when returning to their own homes, e.g. "Elle rentre à la maison" for "She is going back home", or "Tu rentres à la maison" for "You are going back home", etc.?

(The example given for "à la maison" used the first person (je) only and the next section describes subjects going to other people's homes, and not their own). 

Merci en avance! 

 

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