#tu + aller contraction

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night oakBOT
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tardy grove
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CGPT doesn't sound right... like what's that soft L it's talking about?

Why Does "Tu allais" Not Contract?

In "Tu allais," the verb "aller" begins with a consonant sound ("a" is preceded by a soft 'L,' [al-lɛ]), not a pure vowel sound. In French, contractions do not occur if the second word starts with a consonant sound, even if the word itself begins with a vowel in writing.
Thus:

  • "Tu allais" cannot contract because "allais" starts with the consonant sound [l].
  • "T’allais" would be incorrect because there's no vowel conflict or elision between "tu" and "allais."
night oakBOT
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tu + aller contraction

kind fox
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casually it can

but u doesn't formally contract with other vowels like e does

tardy grove
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Oh... I just realised.... "you like" is not "t'aimes" 🤦

mellow knoll
tardy grove
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So "tu" doesn't really contract to anything?

mellow knoll
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It's a bit like « I'm »

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In formal texts it's sort of forbidden

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And you'd avoid it in formal speech

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But pretty much anything else it's normal/common

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Roughly if you're removing "ne" you're probably contracting "tu" and vice versa

tardy grove
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Aight, so for colloquial speech with friends tu + verb contractions is acceptable, but everywhere else it's not.

So it's like.. uhh.. when you just say "je sais pas" or "chais pas"

mellow knoll
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Yea

tardy grove
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Merci beaucoup

jagged vapor
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you can and its used a bit like "t'es fou ou quoi?" like informally

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esp in speech

thick rapids
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Clearly doesn't know what it's talking about

past apex
jagged vapor
median snow
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Wow, not only did Duo give you a wrong correction but also ChatGPT gave you absolute hogwash.

thick rapids
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Please stop using both

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