I am a bit confused, how do you use soi-même? Thanks.
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JaniceKwiziq community member
I am a bit confused, how do you use soi-même? Thanks.
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing 'myself, etc...' with stress pronouns and 'même'"
Asked 4 years ago
LauraKwiziq team member
Bonjour Janice,
The French pronoun soi is for impersonal constructions, so you use it with another impersonal word such as on.
For example, On doit le faire soi-même = One has to do it oneself
Compare that to Tu dois le faire toi-même = You have to do it yourself.
LizKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Then how is soi used? I’m very confused because it seems the lessons using on or il faut use soi one time and soi-même the next. What’s the difference. Many thanks for clearing this up.
LizKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Then how is soi used? I’m very confused because it seems the lessons using on or il faut use soi one time and soi-même the next. What’s the difference. Many thanks for clearing this up.
LizKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Will someone address our confusion using soi or soi-même? The rules in the lessons seem identical for using either one: the universal, on, il faut. I have to keep guessing. Thanks.
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