Topic: French

"Je veux lui laisser ce travail difficile."

Translation:I want to leave this hard work for him.

April 10, 2013

18 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/blorbloz

    "I want to let him this hard work." Is just not a valid english sentence.

    April 10, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
    Mod

      Did you report it?

      April 10, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/blorbloz

        Yes. Although there wasn't an option for wrong/unnatural english translations.

        April 10, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
        Mod

          If it ever happens that you don't find a matching tick-box on the drop-down menu, just explain what your problem is in the last box that is open to spontaneous comments.

          April 11, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/thatboysofly

            i typed "i want to leave him this had work" and it was accepted.

            May 30, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Eschenstrasse

              Maybe the system recognizes a Boston accent?

              June 10, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
              Mod

                that's right, because indirect object pronoun "lui" stands for "à+il" or "à+elle"

                May 31, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/deldar182

                  How would you say "I want him to leave this hard work"

                  April 19, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
                  Mod

                    Je veux qu'il laisse ce travail difficile.

                    April 19, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ianrobertshaw61

                      Useful i got this 180' wrong

                      March 22, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/cassiolalola

                        "I want to leave him this hard work" should be correct.

                        November 3, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lisagae

                          Same as above. Not correct English.

                          March 4, 2014
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/alexandra.968

                            I agree, this is clearly incorrect English

                            March 9, 2014
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/joemcelrath

                              Since lui is an indirect pronoun, I do not understand why "leave to him" or "leave to her" is not correct.

                              July 26, 2014
                              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
                              Mod

                                Both him and her are accepted across all variants.

                                We could even have added "it".

                                July 26, 2014
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