williamylee

[sharp iron]

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[jovial rose]

Yes

There’s really no alternative

It’s just how the language works

Sure if the noun is people then you can switch lequel with qui but lequel is the standard way of writing indirect relative pronouns

[coral cedar]

As a french person honestly I never use those with my friend or family. I think instead of: “le garçon auquel je parlais..” you can just say “le garçon à qui je parlais”. But there’s more examples🤗

[jovial rose]

Yes that’s for people but this is about auquel in general and it is used

[coral cedar]

Yeah he asked about casual conversation so I just explained idk 🤷🏻‍♀️

[jovial rose]

Or are you telling me that you would rather say « La lettre à qui j’ai répondu est venue de mon amie » instead of « La lettre à laquelle j’ai répondu est venue de mon amie » ?

[coral cedar]

There’s exceptions ofc

I just showed an example

[jovial rose]

Yes that’s why I did mention using « qui » for people but using « lequel » is the standard way of using indirect relative pronouns

It’s fine, just be a bit clearer in future because there are cases where we do use auquel and since the question was about using it in general, it should be clear what it is