In the example above 'Oh là là. Il aime vraiment parler de lui !' why is there no même after lui? Also the 'Je n'aime que moi ?' why no même ?
Lui vs Lui-même
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Lui vs Lui-même
This question relates to:French lesson "Using [French stress pronouns] + même(s) to express "myself/yourself/etc" in French"
Asked 15 hours ago
Jim J. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Bonjour R.S.
'Oh là là. Il aime vraiment parler de lui !' --> Oh dear! He really likes to talk about himself.
To talk about --> parler de
parler de lui --> to speak about oneself, where lui in this case is not an indirect pronoun but a stressed pronoun, the object of the preposition de.
There is no need to include même in either case. Je n'aime que moi ---> I love only myself
Again, moi is a stressed pronoun where n'aime que means "only like" by restricting the verb aimer with "n'aime que"
I hope that this helps.
Bonne continuation
Jim
R. S. asked:
Lui vs Lui-même
In the example above 'Oh là là. Il aime vraiment parler de lui !' why is there no même after lui? Also the 'Je n'aime que moi ?' why no même ?
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