question sur ’moi, je’ / ’toi, tu’

[hexed zephyr]

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[amber dagger]

The context of this question is for writing song lyrics.
This isn't exactly what I've written (I cut out one line just to keep the context succinct) but it's along these lines:

Tu me manques
...
Et moi, je te manque

With the intended meaning being:

I miss you
...
And you, you miss me

[hexed zephyr]

question sur ’moi, je’ / ’toi, tu’

[slender garnet]

it sounds fine

[amber dagger]

Merci !

[last frigate]

this is wrong

Tu me manques
...
Et moi, je te manque

Last line means me, you miss me.

Use toi instead to emphasis "you"

[amber dagger]

Ahh okay, thank you. I think I've only ever seen this emphasis matching the subject before this. I presume there's other similar cases too though.

[last frigate]

mise en relief w pronouns can be used to emphasize the subject, direct object or indirect object

les filles, je leur apprends à danser