Topic: French

"We write to you."

Translation:Nous vous écrivons.

April 5, 2013

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/italiaoo

    Shouldn't the following be accepted as correct: "Nous écrivons à toi"?

    September 16, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/ArkanGaulson
    • 1987

    I think a fair few of us are wondering about this.

    March 30, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/jippertje

      Why not: nous écrivons à toi? Toi means you.

      March 5, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
      • 915

      What would it be like if we wrote letters to 'vous'?

      April 11, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/Arnauti
      • 915

      OK I got that in the next sentence: nous vous écrivons. Sounds kind of funny.

      April 11, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/dro151

        would nous tu ecrivons also be correct here?

        April 5, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/Arjofocolovi
        Mod

          No, the "t' " contraction is mandatory with verbs starting with a vowel. Besides, it's not "tu" that is used, it's "te".

          • "Nous te faisons confiance."
          • "Nous t'adorons"
          April 5, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/SMess

            Why is it incorrect to say nous ecrivons a tu/vous? Is it that "te" is "to you" and "tu" is "you"?

            December 27, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/TalebSh

              Yes ; " Tu " is generally a pronoun means you like "Je,Nous ...etc" In English Par example : Tu manges , Tu aime and in formal way we don't put an apostrophe instead of the vowel Par example : Tu aide ; We haven't deleted the vowel like J'aime and Te is generally translated like " Je t'aime " I love you we don't need absolutely to translate it To + ..

              February 5, 2015
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