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[pearl umbra]

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[void quartz]

Hmmm it's a bit odd
Like, if you're saying "cette jupe" it's strange to say whose skirt it is, since you're already saying which one it is

[daring valve]

I agree. I would probably say it like "C'est cette jupe que Mme Labiche a." But I'm not sure what you meant by that sentence, so I'm not sure if that makes sense in the context

[old lintel]

Is "cette jupe est à Mme Labiche" natural to say?

[naive raptor]

I'd say so? Not a native speaker but it sounds fine to me

[old lintel]

Assuming he wants to stress that the skirt belongs to her

[naive raptor]

Yeah sure

[old lintel]

because I could more so translate the original sentence as "it's this specific skirt out of many that belong to her"

[naive raptor]

personally if « cette » is replaced with « la », I wouldn't find any problems with the original sentence

I don't know but that specific formulation just sounds kinda… off?

[old lintel]

J'ai le même sentiment