Why is it nous nous and vous vous ? Why does it have to be twice?

Grace W.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is it nous nous and vous vous ? Why does it have to be twice?

Asked 18 hours ago
Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Bonjour Grace,

In English, we say, "I am going to get dressed," but in French, the grammar requires that "who" and "what" be specified.

So we have two pronouns. One is the subject pronoun and the other is the reflexive pronoun.

In English this would be written "I am going to get myself dressed, where I is the subject and myself the reflexive

So to repeat your question "Why twice?" then the answer is as described above -- 1)subject pronoun and 

2) reflexive pronoun.

Bonne continuation

Jim

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Why is it nous nous and vous vous ? Why does it have to be twice?

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