Direct pronoun object, le, in the last sentence
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Direct pronoun object, le, in the last sentence
... et je passerai le reste de ma vie à faire tout mon possible pour que tu sois aussi heureuse que je le suis aujourd'hui. Why is 'le' needed? To what does it refer?
Asked 8 months ago
Frank,
have a look at the lesson linked below.
The neuter object pronoun ‘ le ‘ is used to avoid repetition of the adjective ‘ heureux ‘ as it cannot simply be left out of the 2nd verbal clause as is done in English.
Without using ‘ le’ the phrase would be ‘ … pour que tu sois aussi heureuse que je suis heureux aujourd’hui. ‘
Just saying ‘ .. que je suis aujourd’hui ‘ is incomplete in French.
‘Using neuter pronoun le to replace adjectives (French Direct Object Pronouns)
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