Use of vous

Beth D.A0Kwiziq community member

In a phrase like vous vous appelez, why is vous repeated twice

Asked 3 years ago

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Bonjour Beth,

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Bonne journée !

Like03 years ago

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hi Beth,

The verb, in this case, will be s'appeler. So the second vous will be the reflexive pronoun representing the direct object "you".

You call YOU ...... Your name is ------ the first vous is the subject pronoun.

Hope this helps.

Jim

Like23 years ago

In a phrase like vous vous appelez, why is vous repeated twice

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