"So you love my daughter!"

Translation: Donc tu aimes ma fille !

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Si, donc, ainsi, alors. These words are so confusing.

[KathrynCowling]

I used si not ainsi. Never seen that before. Have I missed something.

[Coolyoso]

That might be an error, since I know si means so when it's used as an adverb. C'est si bon= it's so good

[SkiThe802]

why isn't "Donc tu adores ma fille" correct?

[tracypaper]

A little off subject, sorry, but I am having a hard time understanding when to apply a contraction. I thought it was when one word ending in a vowel and the next word beginning in a vowel... So J'aime instead of "Je aime", why not "T'aimes" instead of "Tu aimes"?

[rajuncajun09]

with the basic pronouns (je,tu,il,elle,nous,vous,ils,elles), only je is ever contracted. The contraction happens when the following verb starts with a vowel.

[dongomann]

Wait. Why is it not t'aime? Doesnt the vowel thing still apply?

[neverfox]

It's not a vowel thing; it's an "e" thing, i.e. single-consonant words ending in "e", such as ce, de, je, le, me, ne, que, se, te.

[Pam520742]

How should I have been able to tell if it was "Donc tu aimes ma fille" or "mon fille"