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[dawn onyx]

it would be "offres-en" if you mean to say "offer some" and yes it'd be de l'argent

[valid sky]

😭 i thought i cant add s to imperative commands

like "dessine-les!!"

[proud ermine]

You don't add -s in -er verbs (and some other verbs such as aller) in the second person singular UNLESS you have the pronoun y or en next to it.

[valid sky]

ohhhhhhh

like "vas-y"

i never thought of that

okkk got it thx a lot @dawn onyx@proud ermine ❤️

[dawn onyx]

yes or manges-en, parles-en... offrir even tho it's not -er follows the same rule for this

[valid sky]

merci

[proud ermine]

Yep, some -ir verbs are special in that they conjugate like -er verbs in the present. Thus they undergo the same rule in the imperative.

Cueillir, offrir, souffrir, etc.

[valid sky]

i gotta question about the order of the pronouns in command sentences

like if i have to convert this "nous ne devons pas utiliser la table au gym"

is it right to say "ne l'y utilisons pas" ???

is the l'y correct? it looks so wrong

[royal tendon]

Sounds okay to me

[proud ermine]

That is correct.

[valid sky]

ok merci beaucouppp

[dawn onyx]

it's right written but tbh not many people would say it like that tho

it's not natural i'd say

[valid sky]

how would you say it naturally?

[dawn onyx]

i'd only replace "la table" and keep "au gym" or replace it by "là-bas"

as in :"nous ne devons pas l'utiliser au gym"
"nous ne devons pas l'utiliser là-bas"

[valid sky]

ok thx!!

i got another question

envoie-lui en une (send her one letter)

is this right?

do i use "en" full stop when there are more than 1 things?

and use "en un/une" when it's just 1 thing?

envoie-lui en = send her SOME letters right?

[dawn onyx]

the thing that makes it one thing is "un/une" so the sentence you wrote is correct, if you're talking about one letter and if you've mentioned that letter already

[royal tendon]

« en … [chiffre] » is the structure

[dawn onyx]

i'd say usually yes, because full stop is used for undefined plural (if that makes sense, not sure about my translation lmho) but it can also used for nouns that are uncountable e.g. sugar
il veut du sucre --> donne-lui en
or in your case
il veut une lettre --> envoie-lui en une
il veut des lettres --> envoie-lui en

if i'm not mistaken

[valid sky]

OKK thx so much for your help!!! ❤️ ❤️

[royal tendon]

When you have numbers modifying nouns, you need to have that noun. If not, the sentence is meaningless. If you just have a number, then, you need the noun it modifies OR « en »

Tu lui envoies six lettres / Tu lui en envoies six
Envoie-lui six lettres / Envoie-lui en six