starryknight897

[round crypt]

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[uneven urchin]

It goes before the verb it's the object of

[golden bronze]

If you're asking why it isn't " m'aides-tu à laver ça ? " it's because in everyday language we don't put the pronom personnel after the verb, even if it's a question

[brittle basin]

no, I meant "me" coming before aides, isn't there a rule saying it has to come in between the two verbs if theres are two verbs present?

please correct me if I am wrong...

[uneven urchin]

ik there's something that comes in between compound tenses (all I can think of is negation, though? objects come before the auxiliary) but I can't think of any reason something would specifically come between two verbs. You can have at least 3 verbs in succession, so I'm not sure how such a rule would handle that. An object pronoun comes before the verb it is the object of (including its auxiliary, if relevant).
Tu m'aides à laver ça => You help me wash this
"me" is the object of "aider", while "ça" is the object of "laver"

Tu aides à me laver => You help wash me

"Tu aides à me laver ça" doesn't really work (you could say something like "Tu aides à me laver le corps" => "You help wash the body of me", though)

there might be a context where that last one works but it just sounds off to me

[brittle basin]

oh, I see, thank you so much!!!