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[arctic crater]

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[marble rock]

in french instead of saying youre missing someone/somthing, someone misses you instead

Elle me manque, I miss her (she is missing from me)

So the 2 euros miss me, I am missing 2 euros

[nocturne tendon]

i am confused because if il manque is referring to the euros then why say 2 euros

[tired kernel]

Le il est ici impersonnel, c'est-à-dire qu'il ne se réfère à rien

comme dans "Il faut..."

[marble rock]

oh its the generic it, that doesn't exist in this expression

[nocturne tendon]

ah d'acc

[tired kernel]

it's like if you said "it lacks two euros to me"

the it doesn't refer to money

you could technically say "deux euros me manquent" but... very weird

[nocturne tendon]

would je manque d'euros still work?

[marble rock]

no

[nocturne tendon]

comment

[tired kernel]

no

[marble rock]

the logic is flipped in french

[nocturne tendon]

yeah but im not using à

[tired kernel]

wait

[nocturne tendon]

im using de

[tired kernel]

yes

[nocturne tendon]

[tired kernel]

je manque d'euros = i'm missing euros

true

je manque de deux euros also technically works

[marble rock]

ah i see your question now... with il me manque VS je manque d'euros

[tired kernel]

the impersonal structure is often prefered in common french

il manque, il faut, il y a...

[nocturne tendon]

j'vois 😔

how unfortunate

[marble rock]

bienvenue à la langue française

[tired kernel]

merci

[nocturne tendon]

thank you both 😼

[cinder tapir]

c'est le meilleur aspect d'apprendre une nouvelle langue

[scarlet swift]

I know this isn’t my chat but why is “il” impersonnel??

[tired kernel]

do you know what is il impersonnel first? @scarlet swift

[scarlet swift]

no

[tired kernel]

it's a il that refers to nobody/nothing

[marble rock]

its been resolved btw they put another thing in salle de classe

[tired kernel]

oh ok thx lol

[marble rock]

#salle-de-classe message

[marble rock]

de rien