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[burnt topaz]

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[olive ravine]

« Je ne suis pas... » is the correct grammatical way to say "I'm not...".
However, the negative adverb « ne » is usually dropped in everyday speech, so most people say « Je suis pas... ».

[tiny vine]

Ah I see

Is it like a formal way?

[olive ravine]

More like the standard, grammatical way.

[tiny vine]

Ok

Let’s say I say « je suis pas » do you think people will correct me?

In day to day speech on the street

[olive ravine]

Also, you might see it as « J'suis pas... » or even « Chuis pas... »
That's because people also commonly elide the pronoun « je » in everyday speech

[olive ravine]

Nah

[tiny vine]

Ok

while your here may i ask you another question?

[olive ravine]

Unless the person you're speaking to is very sensitive to grammatical mistakes. 💀

[olive ravine]

Sure

[tiny vine]

There’s always that one guy

[tiny vine]

I sometimes see in chat a letter then a word ex: « l’amour » is it shortening it so la goes in front

Same with « J’suis »

Is it saying a completely new word or just “The love” and “I am” shortened

[olive ravine]

for « l'amour », this is a grammatical rule which says that the definite articles « le » and « la » merge with the word in front of them if that word starts with a vowel

[tiny vine]

So an article in front of a vowel will merge it?

[olive ravine]

for example, the word « ordinateur », which means "computer", begins with the letter "O"

which is a vowel

if we want to say "the computer", we have to say « **l'**ordinateur »

[tiny vine]

Aha!

Ok that was such an npc response 💀

[olive ravine]

lmao

[tiny vine]

Thanks so much mate

[olive ravine]

no problem

also, for « J'suis », that's more like a slang kind of situation

it's not a grammatical rule

[tiny vine]

Ah ok