indigoadc

[silver falcon]

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[ocean monolith]

I don’t understand why I’m wrong here

[whole fable]

Duo moment

I mean you can't use ils here

But it can be eux or elles

And retourner is fine

Duo moment for explaining nothing

Try Busuu

[whole fable]

Basically you need un pronom tonique there

So moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, eux, elles

Bc of the preposition chez

[ocean monolith]

Duo is terrible it explains nothing

[stiff gulch]

"ils" is a subject pronoun
it can only be used as the subject of the sentence, the one doing the action

"eux" is a stressed (tonic) pronoun
the difference is similar to they/them in English
just like you would say "I gave it to them" and not "I gave it to they"

[ocean monolith]

So I can say chez elles but not chez ils

[stiff gulch]

yes, because "elles" works as both subject and stressed pronoun
"ils" only works as subject pronoun, while "eux" is the stressed equivalent

[ocean monolith]

Thanks, Duo didnt explain that at all and just confused me further

[stiff gulch]

duo doesn't explain much to begin with
you often end up knowing sentences but not why they work thus not allowing you to reuse this knowledge in other sentences

[ocean monolith]

Merci pour m’aide (Est-ce correct ?)

[stiff gulch]

as for the other differences

• the choice of "ils" vs "elles" doesn't matter, the information isn't there in English so both are correct translations without more context
• "rentrer" and "retourner" are synonymous

[ocean monolith]

Très utile