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karmic condorBOT
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quick raptor
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de/des/de la is replaced with: en

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je m'en monque

harsh finch
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En should work.

neat pagoda
harsh finch
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Aaaah, the d' isn't included in the underline, so you aren't supposed to replace the entire object of the verb moquer.

quick raptor
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aah oui...

harsh finch
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Instead, you just transform the clause that comes after d'.

neat pagoda
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Je me moque de ca ?

harsh finch
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Perhaps?

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Or cela.

neat pagoda
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nope 🧍‍♂️

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we have this nightmare to work with, + y and en

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genuinely hate this area of french. extremely confusing

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It was Je m'en moque but with a point at the end lmao

harsh finch
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...

quick raptor
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me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur -> Ă  (person)
y -> Ă  (not a person)
en -> de/des/de la/du

neat pagoda
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this was honest-to-god an immiserating disaster to get through lol

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basically just brute force trialled and errored most of them

quick raptor
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je donne Ă  Melody -> je lui donne
je donne Ă  Melody et Harmony -> je leur donne
je vais Ă  Paris -> j'y vais
je pense Ă  visiter Paris -> j'y pense
je veux des bonbons -> j'en veux
tu as des voitures -> j'en ai trois (i have three of em)

neat pagoda
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Can either of you explain why tf 2) is J'ai parlé de lui à tes amis and not smth like "Je lui ai parlé à tes amis" or "Je l'ai parlé à tes amis" ?

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I know in Dali's poem Oiseau he says "Je lui ai donné un peu de pain" lol

quick raptor
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J'ai parlé de lui à tes amis
I spoke about him to your friends

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(J'ai parle) (de lui) (Ă  tes amis)

quick raptor
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j'ai donné un peu de pain à lui

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je lui ai donné un peu de pain

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je lui en ai donné un peu

harsh finch
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Je lui en ai donné un peu.

quick raptor
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my brain is also starting to glitch

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it is dreadful but c'est la vie

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what can we do

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bon courage fellow french learner

violet moat
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Tu parles Ă  Julie ? Oui, je lui parle.
Tu parles de Julie ? Oui, je parle d'elle.

quick raptor
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when you speak to someone its Ă 

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but when you speak about/of someone its de

violet moat
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With « à + person » you can replace both the preposition and the object with the indirect object pronouns lui/leur but with « de + person » you can only replace the object with a tonic pronoun