Owen

[solemn tundra]

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[glad creek]

i understand it has the meaning of "de rester dans sa chambre" like "l'agent lui a dit de rester"

but i dont understand the grammarinos

like could i say "mon père m'a dit de sortir du lit que mon frère était déjà debout et moi aller à l'école"

[mortal folio]

Et lui, rester dans sa chambre

It continues off of "devait"

[glad creek]

that makes so much fucking sense lmao

[mortal folio]

Hence the infinitive

[glad creek]

oh yeh thats true

[mortal folio]

Tbh it took me a sec too lol

[mortal folio]

So yea this wouldn't work

[glad creek]

yeh that makes perfect sense now

[jolly dock]

I read this as: "la fille devait .. lui rester", is that right?

[vivid ledge]

Nah, lui is a tonic pronoun used as a contrast to the previous element. The excerpt can be rephrased as "que la fille devait partir et que l'agent devait rester dans sa chambre".

[glad creek]

mmh that confuses me

espicllay when u consider what follows "en attendant d'être convoqué au commissariat"

[jolly dock]

I think the subject of the "rester" would be Raymond ?

[glad creek]

yeh like what albatross said idk tho

[mortal folio]

Looks like it's Raymond to me yeah

[vivid ledge]

Yep, Raymond the agent.

[mortal folio]

They're the same person?

[vivid ledge]

Wait no, just Raymond.

[mortal folio]

Lol