Owen (Corrigez-moi svp)

[celest grove]

Please be patient

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Trouver à qui parler is an expression. Literally "find out who they are talking to".

It's similar to "voir à qui il aura affaire" in this context.

[lime sable]

had no idea it was an expression

i thought it was just a normal sentence structured in a way i didnt understand

thank you

another question i have

for this sentence

i would have thought it would be "il m'a déclare qu'il se nomme tintin

but it just uses the infinitive

could i say

elle m'a dit manger tout le gâteau

[celest grove]

Yep. Oftentimes, when the subjects designate the same person, the infinitive structure is used.

[lime sable]

yes that makes senses

thank you very much

[celest grove]

By the way, you need to respect the tense agreement there, so "il m'a déclaré qu'il se nommait Tintin".

[lime sable]

thank you for the correction