Meaning of one of the examples

Andrew M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of one of the examples

I don't understand the following example from the quiz:

"Je peux prendre le poulet et toi autre chose."

"I can take the chicken and you something else."

Maybe I would understand it in context, but the English translation isn't clicking for me. Is it saying, "I can order the chicken, and you can order something else."?

I think I'm confused both by "can take" as a phrase (in both English and French) and by the "you something else" phrase that's ungrammatical in English. 

Thank you!

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Andrew M. asked:

Meaning of one of the examples

I don't understand the following example from the quiz:

"Je peux prendre le poulet et toi autre chose."

"I can take the chicken and you something else."

Maybe I would understand it in context, but the English translation isn't clicking for me. Is it saying, "I can order the chicken, and you can order something else."?

I think I'm confused both by "can take" as a phrase (in both English and French) and by the "you something else" phrase that's ungrammatical in English. 

Thank you!

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