Nous ne te connaissons

Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous ne te connaissons

If you don't know the person, how can you use te; si vous ne connaissez pas cette personne, comment peut-on utiliser te?

Asked 1 year ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Raymond.

Thank you for your astute comment, we have changed the 'te' for 'vous' so thank you for pointing this out. 

Bonne Continuation !

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Understandably, not the first time for this question.

It is not impolite in some social situations - eg between younger people to each other generally or at least in informal situations (although they would likely also say ‘on ‘ instead of nous),  or by an older person to a child. 

As a drop-down choice, it is not incorrect, although not the first response you might think of. 

I guess as a teaching example, it is a chance to come across this possibility, but it might cause less consternation here if it was ‘vous’, keeping the focus on the negation and verb conjugation required - as without explanation it could result in misunderstanding the important French ‘politesse’.

Nous ne te connaissons

If you don't know the person, how can you use te; si vous ne connaissez pas cette personne, comment peut-on utiliser te?

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