Please can you explain why Tu is used before a vowel and not T'

Gloria P.A1Kwiziq community member

Tu aimes

Asked 6 years ago

CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Hi Gloria,

You will hear-

'T'aimes ça?

'T'as faim?

in every day very informal speech (within a family setting) but normally the Tu would not be elided ...

Like06 years ago

Lily A.A0Kwiziq community member

Salut Cecile,

Would friends of the same age also use "T'as"?

Like05 years ago

CécileKwiziq Native French Teacher

Between friends definitely although a parent might use 'tu as faim' to a child to teach him/her to speak 'properly'.....

Like05 years ago

Doug l.A0Kwiziq community member

because T by itself is meaningless

Like04 years ago

Doug l.A0Kwiziq community member

because T by itself is meaningless

Like04 years ago

Patricia A.A0Kwiziq community member

Because T by itself is meaningless

Like04 years ago

anish t.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In French, all elisions occur with short words ending with the letter 'e', like te, me, je, se and so on. Only two exceptions are there la & si

Like14 years ago

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