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[crisp kettle]

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[distant wind]

me/te/se/nous/vous as object pronouns can be indirect or direct (me becomes -moi in positive imperative, te becomes -toi, etc)
le/la/les as object pronouns are only direct
lui/leur as object pronouns are only indirect

"expliquer" can take two objects : direct for the thing being explained, and indirect for the person being explained TO

[shy narwhal]

Tysm i get it now

I was thinking it may be something like that but the "expliquez-moi" confused me, is the moi here indirect technically then?

[distant wind]

yes

[shy narwhal]

I see

Would l'expliquez then mean "explain it" in the imperative?

[distant wind]

not the imperative

unless it's negative imperative but you'd need the negation

[shy narwhal]

I see, how would you word that then?

[distant wind]

expliquez-le

[shy narwhal]

Ohh so the pronoun no mattwr what comes after it except if negative

[distant wind]

yeah

[shy narwhal]

Also damn didnt even realise there is a negative which im guessing is then like

[distant wind]

you can even have both

[shy narwhal]

Ne + pas?

[distant wind]

expliquez-le-moi

[shy narwhal]

Ohhh

[distant wind]

that's one possible negation yes

[shy narwhal]

And then other ones like ne rien, ne ni ni etc etc ok ok

[distant wind]

ye

[shy narwhal]

That honestly ya makes sense

Tysm actually