"Tu t'assieds sur la table."

Translation: You are sitting down on the table.

[Sandraselina]

Who sits ON the table? surely it should be AT

[relox84]

"sur la table" does mean "on the table"; "at the table" would be "à la table" or "à table".

[InvertedGo]

Cats.

[Rostellan]

Well... I had written 'at the table' before it struck me that 'on the table' might have been the intended meaning in this instance. I have sat on tables for one reason or another - apart from eating!

[maureenpecknold]

In Quebec we use a different conjugation - tu t'assois, ne m'assois, il s'assoit..... These must be older French or only continental French?? The programme should up date to allow both possibilities

[Carmasem]

While "tu t'assieds" is the correct way to say it (it's called the "formes en ie et ey de 'asseoir'") oi is the more common way. Here's a quote from the Bescherelle: "Dans un usage soigné, les formes en ie et en ey sont préférables aux formes en oi. Mais, au figuré, ces formes en oi s'imposent : 'Ces élections assoiraient son pouvoir.'"

I hope that helps!

[Brooklyn-82]

I understand sitting AT the table is a more common situation but the sentence means ON the table which is certainly possible and reasonable. But shouldn’t « You sit down on the table / You sit on the table » be accepted ?

[Roody-Roo]

Yes, both sit and sit down are accepted.

[JamesLogie]

The translation is literally correct but no one "sits on the table to eat" but we do "sit at the table to eat".

[InvertedGo]

What you say is true. However, the French sentence says nothing about why the person is sitting down.

[DenisBouch7]

The sentence does not mention eating.

[AngelGee4]

Don't you always sit "down" when you are sitting on something?

[mati644029]

Sur =on

[cskaet]

When do you use "tu t'assieds" or "tu t'assois" ?

[OHB.]

We don't sit ON the table, we sit by the table.