why is "Hugo et toi" vous and not ils?
ils or vous
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ils or vous
It's the same in English. Would you say:
(a) Hugo and you, you're coming with me! -- Hugo et toi, vous m'accompagnez! (correct)
(b) Hugo and you, they are coming with me! -- Hugo et toi, ils m'accompagnent! (wrong)
Using second person plural, you are addressing a group of people. Third person plural would mean that you are talking about a group of people with someone separate from the group:
(c) Hugo et Marie, ils m'accompagnent. Toi, tu restes ici. -- Hugo and Marie, they are coming with me. You stay here. (correct)
Hi Patricia,
Hugo represents a grammatical third-person singular.
Toi represents a grammatical second-person singular.
So together they need to be expressed as "vous" - (all of you). They cannot be represented by "Ils" because this is a group of grammatical third-person plural.
Hope this helps.
Jim
You have to use vous when the combination of the subject pronoun is "personne et toi"
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