Soi or soi-même?

Blix R.C1Kwiziq community member

Soi or soi-même?

This question relates to:French lesson "Moi/toi/lui/elle/soi/nous/vous/eux/elles - advanced usages (French Stress Pronouns)"

Asked 6 years ago

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Blix R.C1Kwiziq community member

I apologize, here is the question: An A2 question asks the french translation of "One must always look in front of oneself." I responded with "Il faut toujours regarder devant soi-même," and it was marked as incorrect. The correct answer was "Il faut toujours regarder devant soi." I am confused why one would not use "soi-même" for "oneself" in this instance.

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I think its because you need a stress pronoun after a preposition such as devant rather than stress+même.

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Aurélie and Laura have answered this very same question asked by a later poster.

-- Chris.

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