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[celest sleet]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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[misty yew]

That’s just the preposition that’s used with the verb “se moquer de”

[vocal solar]

à = has
de = of
elle se moque de nous
she makes fun of us

[graceful temple]

Ah right, thank you. It was from a song where the lyric said “she’s laughing at us” so I thought it would be “à”

[misty yew]

Looks like autocorrect messed with your answer?

while « à » generally translates to “at” or “to” and « de » to “of” or “from”, it’s by no means universal and you just need to learn the prepositions that are used with certain verbs / adjectives.

[vocal solar]

true man, a is has, my bad, maybe that's why I have a 38% in french in grammar 😭