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fringe nymphBOT Jul 7, 2024, 11:16 AM

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quiet gull Jul 7, 2024, 11:26 AM

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When it has a romantic meaning, the structure is "manquer à".
Tu me manques means you are missing from me => I miss you.

vapid horizon Jul 7, 2024, 11:37 AM

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ahh okay

vapid horizon Jul 7, 2024, 11:55 AM

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so the conjugation is "person" "subject" manques?

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the reverse of english?

sick niche Jul 7, 2024, 12:06 PM

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manquer means to lack, and in french they use lacking to describe missing, so "tu me manques" literally means you are lacking from me, but at the same time this signifies me missing/longing for you, because I lack you.
definitely a strange thing but it is a bit common in romance languages, another verb that works in the same way is plaire.
tu me plais = i like you.

vapid horizon Jul 7, 2024, 12:11 PM

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ahh okay that makes more sense

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