Tu aimes
Please can you explain why Tu is used before a vowel and not T'
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Gloria P.Kwiziq community member
Please can you explain why Tu is used before a vowel and not T'
This question relates to:French lesson "Using Tu and Vous to express three types of you in French (French Subject Pronouns)"
Asked 5 years ago
Hi Gloria,
You will hear-
'T'aimes ça?
'T'as faim?
in every day very informal speech (within a family setting) but normally the Tu would not be elided ...
CécileKwiziq team member
Between friends definitely although a parent might use 'tu as faim' to a child to teach him/her to speak 'properly'.....
anish t.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
In French, all elisions occur with short words ending with the letter 'e', like te, me, je, se and so on. Only two exceptions are there la & si
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