"My wife, I love her."

Translation: Ma femme, je l'adore.

[hardygreen]

These translations are becoming more and more a guessing game.

[Liquid_Ninja]

Je suis d'accord. After listening to it several times with 1 heart left I put "Ma femme, je s'aime" the said I had a typo ad changed it to "l'aime"..

[tenebrous]

Yeah, I too put "Ma femme, je s'aime" and got the same typo response. Do you know why it's saying it has to be "l'aime"?

[northernguy]

tenebrous

se = himself, herself, oneself, one another

je s'aime =je se aime = I love himself, herself etc.

la = her, the, it

Je l'aime = je la aime = I love her, the, it

Ma femme, je l'aime = My wife, I love her. (because the most appropriate pronoun choice for wife taken from her, it, the is her.)

[acw189]

Totally agreed. Sometimes they are so strict on word meanings. Other times...adore..love.. meh, whatever.

[ThanKwee]

The reason they're not strict with "aimer" and "adorer" is that it's complex to translate these words. See here: http://www.duolingo.com/comment/736970

[Fredua]

I think they are also teaching synonyms alongside. Though where it does not strictly apply they insist on the right word.

[RolaTa]

why not "je l'aime" ?

[The_D]

Worked for me.

[Vagabond.Prodigy]

Moi aussi.

[northernguy]

Perhaps you inadvertently clicked on the ma femmes, je l'aime option.

[Joel-Iowan]

I thought la wasn't contracted? That it would be Je la aime?

[northernguy]

Both la and le are contracted when appropriate.

[t_s_a_n]

Really, when to use adore and when to use aime? In another lesson to translate my mother, I love her, l'adore was not accepted as "love".

[yanaehvm]

What happend to "mon epouse"? Is this wrong?

[cinicita]

Epouse is definitely also a possible translation for wife, is.it not?

[LavaAndDiamond]

What's wrong with ma femme, je s'aime?

[northernguy]

Your answer reads as my wife, I love herself. Elle s'aime would be She loves herself.

[Liquid_Ninja]

Okay, but can you explain why " l' " was used?

[northernguy]

Ma femme = my wife

Je = I

l'adore = la adore = adore her

Her, when it is the direct object of the verb is represented by la. It is moved to in front of the verb.
Thus love her = adore la = la adore = l'adore

[Liquid_Ninja]

Thanks! Can't believe I didn't notice that :x

[colt00]

why it coukd not be 'lui adore' or 'elle adore' ? and I confused how to write it correctly.

[theabigaillo]

For your first question, "lui" is only used for indirect objects, and "elle" is a disjunctive pronoun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_personal_pronouns

As for your second, if you're talking about elision, there are rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elision_(French)

[Linnou]

what's wrong with ma femme.j'aime elle?

[ThanKwee]

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/objectpronouns_2.htm

Object pronouns go in front of the verb

[cornishpixies]

Why is "Ma femme, je s'adore" wrong? Can't figure it out

[ThanKwee]

"Se" is a reflexive pronoun, not a direct object pronoun. "Elle s'adore" = "She loves herself". "Ils/elles s'adorent" = "They love one another".

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/pronouns.htm

[cornishpixies]

Thanks!

[niteshm007]

Why not "Ma femme, je lui aime"? Doesn't "lui" also mean "her"?

[theabigaillo]

"Lui" means "her" only when it is being used as an indirect object: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_personal_pronouns

[InonCohen]

Can't one say ma femme j'adore ça ?

[DRS247]

Shouldn't it be 'je lui aime'? Je l'aime = I love it. Je lui aime = I love her/him.

[nicbentulan]

And what's wrong if I don't use a shortcut?

[Anton-KM]

Why does duo want me to accept "je l'aime", when it won't let me translate "aime" to "like" in other sentences?

[Anton-KM]

Why does duo want me to accept "je l'aime", when it won't let me translate "aime" to "like" in other sentences?

[BusJo]

In a translate exercise I was asked this same question & I typed, "ma femme, je l'adore" and was marked wrong; now in this multiple choice i selected only as it is translated above & was marked wrong because I did not choose also the 2nd option of what I'd typed before & been wrong. Anybody know why, it would be wrong in one question & not the other?

[LiddaGawd]

What's wrong with "Ma femme, J'aime sa" ?

[RobertVella]

Since when has 'to adore' been 'to love'?

[awsomeyy]

kinda wierd!!!!?