If 'lui' means him or her why does 'vous lui dites' mean 'you tell him...' And not 'you tell her...'
Laura
Kwiziq language super star
2/10/16
Bonjour Merle,
If there's no context that tells you "lui" is specifically male or female, then "vous lui dites" can mean either one.
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Merle
Kwiziq community member
2 October 2016
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If 'lui' means him or her why does 'vous lui dites' mean 'you tell him...' And not 'you tell her...'
This relates to:
Replacing people with lui, leur = him, her, them (indirect object pronouns) -