Is there a lesson on the use of “le” in the following sentence where it doesn’t seem necessary? Je te le promet.

Judy R.B2Kwiziq community member

Is there a lesson on the use of “le” in the following sentence where it doesn’t seem necessary? Je te le promet.

Asked 11 hours ago
Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Judy,

Without any link to the question or lesson, it is difficult to understand where this query came from.

The closest I can imagine is, "I promise to give you it" but that would be written Je te le promets

where te would be the direct object and le would refer to "it". The verb promettre being conjugated in the first person singular. 

Te could be indirect if the meaning was intended to be "I promise to give it to you". In this construction, le would represent a direct object.

Otherwise, this may appear to be some sort of homework query.

Bonne continuation

Jim

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

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Is there a lesson on the use of “le” in the following sentence where it doesn’t seem necessary? Je te le promet.

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