"Don't tell her; it's going to make her sad."

Translation: Ne le lui dites pas, ça va la rendre triste.

[Barry1949]

ne le lui dis pas ca va lui faire triste - is that also wrong?

[Le-Creole]

I think you can't simply replace "rendre" with "faire". To render is a more complicated idea. I would try to imagine "rendre" as "faire devenir".

[fH6lclhu]

What is wrong with....Ne le lui dis pas ca vas la rendre triste ...? Instead of ....dites, I used.... dis.

[moonintensifies]

You used "ça vas" instead of "ça va"

[fH6lclhu]

Thanks

[e.brown]

Could one also say " ca va lui rendre trust"?

[pbt.hodges]

You can't use lui as it is an indirect object and rendre is a transitive verb which means it takes a direct object so you need la for her not lui

[realskiasaurus]

"... il va la rendre triste" is not accepted; it insists that ça be used. Is there a reason why il is invalid here?

[MandyB11]

Ne lui dites pas is also accepted, probably because it's the actual translation of the first clause ("it" is implied).

[JimConley2]

Why is «Ne le lui disez pas, ça va la rendre triste» marked wrong?

[Abel355]

"Ne le lui dites pas, ca va la faire triste" why wrong?

[Jojo553168]

No, ça va la faire triste is a direct word for word translation from english that does not work in french.

[Abel355]

I see. Merci

[rose830046]

Shouldn't it be, 'that's going to make her sad' if you use 'ca'?