Why is "it" in this sentence "la" instead of "le:" Tu ne la lui écris pas.
Tu ne la lui écris pas.
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LorieKwiziq community member
Tu ne la lui écris pas.
This question relates to:French lesson "Position of French object and adverbial pronouns in negative commands in the imperative mood (L'Impératif) in French"
Asked 4 years ago
Hi Lorie,
It is because in the case of the verb 'écrire' you automatically think we are talking about a letter which is,
la lettre
but I do agree with you that it isn't obvious.
If we were talking about an email ( un courriel, un mail) we would use 'le' -
Tu ne le lui envoies pas
Hope this helps!
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