obskurrel

[lapis dove]

Please be patient

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[slender sparrow]

je sais pas comment le faire

je peux pas le retrouver

depending on the gender of the object in question for the second sentence it could be la

or les, in the plural.

J’ai oublié où j’ai stationné ma voiture. Je peux pas la retrouver.

[cedar galleon]

if context has been given and you're replacing an established noun with the "it", then it depends on the "it" in question, whether it's masculine/feminine/plural etc -

i can't find the dog -
Q - tu peux trouver le chien ?
A - je ne peux pas trouver le chien → je ne peux pas le trouver

i can't find the car
Q - tu peux trouver la voiture ?
A - je ne peux pas trouver la voiture → je ne peux pas la trouver

im gonna stop here i just glanced up and saw my exact example lmfao

[tacit sage]

Keep in mind that the "it" (le/la or les as François explained) in general goes directly before the conjugated verb except if there is a verb in the infinitive, so for example

Je mange les pommes dans mon lit (i eat apples in bed/
Je les mange dans mon lit
Notice how "les" is before the conjugated verb "mange"

But
Je vais acheter les bananes
Je vais les acheter
"Les" is before the infinitive "acheter" (and not before the conjugated verb "vais")

[slender sparrow]

in this case would it not be « retrouver? » since the object is implied lost

[cedar galleon]

i would say retrouver flows better but i wanted to only have the articles change hehe

im a fool

[cedar galleon]

shouldve used retrouver from the beginning

ignore me

[tacit sage]

C'est pas grave

[vapid cove]

But what if there is no noun, no gender to look at

or does that not happen often enough to even bother with it

[tacit sage]

Then it defaults to masculin

[slender sparrow]

mon osti d’frère a lancé mes clés dans le jardin. Je cherchais toute la journée mais je ne suis pas finalement arrivé à les retrouver

[cedar galleon]

↑

[vapid cove]

oh amazing

that's what i wanted to know

[tacit sage]

[cedar galleon]

i can't do it - je (ne) peux pas le faire

[vapid cove]

appreciate very much everybody's help