where to put the subject

Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member

where to put the subject

Hi

to say "we missed you" = tu nous as manqué (sort of saying : you were missed by us)

so why is it "Paul a manqué son train," = straight translation "Paul missed his train," and not "son train a manqué à Paul" or "son train Paul a manqué"? Thank you.

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Laura C. asked:

where to put the subject

Hi

to say "we missed you" = tu nous as manqué (sort of saying : you were missed by us)

so why is it "Paul a manqué son train," = straight translation "Paul missed his train," and not "son train a manqué à Paul" or "son train Paul a manqué"? Thank you.

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