"Will you sell your house to him?"

Translation: Lui vendrez-vous votre maison ?

[Madhav_Malhotra]

Why is "Vendrez-vous votre maison à lui" incorrect?

[Zyv96]

It is correct only if you use someone's name like; "Will you sell your house to John?" -> "Vendrez-vous votre maison à John?".
But in this case, Lui and Leur will always be in the beginning of the phrase.
"Lui vendrez-vous votre maison?" -> "Will you sell your house to him?"
"Leur vendrez-vous votre maison?" -> "Will you sell your house to them?".

Hope it's clear.

[Madhav_Malhotra]

Thank you!

[jkidder]

"Lui" is an indirect object pronoun. In this sentence, it is replacing "à" + a person (singular, m. or f.).

Vous vendrez votre maison à Charles.
→ Vous lui vendrez votre maison.

With the inversion, it becomes:
Lui vendrez-vous votre maison?

It can't be "à lui" because that would be redundant, and it must precede the verb because that's where object pronouns go.

[Madhav_Malhotra]

Thank you!

[eleanor.toye]

I put "Lui vends-tu ta maison?" It was marked incorrect. Have i made a mistake with the verb, or is it wrongly rejecting "tu" answers?

[jkidder]

The sentence is in future tense.

vendrez-vous
or
vendras-tu

[DanielB2019]

Right - only slight problem with this exercise at this point in the course: there has been no use of the future tense before this at all.

[Ruth560578]

Why not 'lui vous vendrez votre maison?'

[jkidder]

no inversion: Vous lui vendrez votre maison?

with inversion: Lui vendrez-vous votre maison?

Notice that the pronoun 'lui' comes before the verb both ways.

[Ruth560578]

Thanks, very helpful

[--Roody--]

First time I've seen lui come right at the start of a sentence. Cool!!!