je lui dirai de faire attention

James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je lui dirai de faire attention

on every site I've looked at, it says its 'dire à' and not 'dire de' to 'tell sb to do st' ? is this an error ?

Asked 1 year ago
Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

It should be: 

dire à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose.

In this case "à quelqu'un" is replaced by "lui".

 

 

James W. asked:

je lui dirai de faire attention

on every site I've looked at, it says its 'dire à' and not 'dire de' to 'tell sb to do st' ? is this an error ?

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