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[cerulean kraken]

« tout près de qqch »
right next to something

Also, read the lyric again and see what « qui » is replacing there
hint: ||it's « nos fenêtres préférées »||

[stuck parcel]

qui = the windows?

[cerulean kraken]

yeah

why did you originally think it should be « chantait » ?

[stuck parcel]

oh it's not fenetres preferees? then the lyrics are wrong? Dx

[stuck parcel]

because song in french looks similar to that (?

"chanson"

chantait

[cerulean kraken]

so the verb here is « chanter », and the difference between « chantait » and « chantaient » is that the first is singular and the second is plural; they're both in the imperfect tense (il chantait = it was singing | ils chantaient = they were singing)

it's related to the noun « chanson » but other than that it doesn't play a role here

[stuck parcel]

ohh so it's a matter of conjugation

[stuck parcel]

what did you mean with qqch?

[cerulean kraken]

right, we look at what is being changed there

[cerulean kraken]

qqch = quelque chose (something)
qqn = quelqu'un (someone)
just shorthand

[stuck parcel]

google traductor said so :v

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thx for ya help

[cerulean kraken]

Google Translate is shit

[stuck parcel]

hsahsah oh well

[stuck parcel]

so the tout works like:

"in the very" next to nous

[cerulean kraken]

Anyway, quick primer on the relative pronoun « qui » in case you neef a refresher. Relative pronouns are pronouns that stand in place in something; their meaning is inferred based on their relation to something. « qui » is a subject relative pronoun, meaning that it stands for a subject. Relative pronouns exist in complex sentences involving more than one clause – a clause is basically the smallest grammar unit consisting of a subject and verb (plus object if the verb demands it) – where it often appears in the subordinate or secondary clause of the sentence. For example, say we have these two clauses:
(1) L'homme est professeur [The man is a professor]
(2) L'homme me connait bien [The man knows me well]

and we want to combine (2) into (1); in other words, we're making (2) to be the subordinate/secondary clause to (1), the main/primary clause. Look at the noun they both share, « l'homme », and see what it acts as in the subordinate. As we can see, it acts as the subject since the verb « connaitre » is conjugated to it and it's the first thing in the clause. So, we use « qui » to make:
« L'homme qui me connait bien est professeur [The man who knows me well is a professor] »

The above lyric, « Tu te souviens de nos fenêtres préférées qui chantaient tout près de nous » can be split into two clauses:
(1) Tu te souviens de nos fenêtres préférées (You remember our favourite windows)
(2) Nos fenêtres préférées chantaient tout près de nous (Our favourite windows were singing right next to us)

We use « qui » to combine (2) into (1) because « nos fenêtres préférées », the shared noun, is a subject in the subordinate/secondary clause.

[stuck parcel]

Oh I appreciate the explanation but I think I already have this concept internalized since it seems like it's almost the same than "que" in Spanish

[cerulean kraken]

IIRC Spanish que doesn't differentiate between subject and object whereas French qui/que absolutely does

[stuck parcel]

:0?

you mean direct object?

"he didn't know that he was about to die"

in this case it's direct object

"the one that spoke to me" in this case is subject

[cerulean kraken]

(1) L'homme est professeur [The man is a professor]
(2) L'homme me connait bien [The man knows me well]
(3) Je connais bien l'homme [I know the man well]

(1) and (2): « L'homme qui me connait bien est professeur (The man who knows me well is a professor) »
=> « qui » is used because the subordinate clause has the replaced noun as a subject

(1) and (3): « L'homme que je connais bien est professeur (The man whom I know well is a professor) »
=> « que » is used because the subordinate clause has the replaced noun as an object

[stuck parcel]

oh well I don't really remember my syntaxis classes T.T

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🤯

[cerulean kraken]

There's more than those two, you can read about them here

[stuck parcel]

interesting

well thx for the help and the extra info

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[cerulean kraken]

no worries, this stuff pops up all the time

else you see errors like « c'est moi qui a tort »