Breakdown of Mon assiette est vide, tu m'en sers encore ?
être
to be
tu
you (informal singular)
mon
my (mon, ma, mes)
encore
still, again
me
me, myself (object pronoun)
en
of it / of them (quantity)
vide
empty
servir
to serve
l'assiette
the plate
Questions & Answers about Mon assiette est vide, tu m'en sers encore ?
Why do we say m'en here and in what order do these pronouns go?
m'en combines me (to me) and en (some of it). When you have a double object pronoun with en, the indirect object pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) always comes first. Here, the e in me is dropped because en starts with a vowel.
Why is it mon assiette if the word assiette is feminine?
Doesn't encore usually mean 'again' or 'still'?
It does! However, when you are talking about quantities, portions of food, or drinks, encore is commonly used to mean 'more' or 'some more'.
Why is the present tense tu sers used to ask someone for something?
In conversational French, the present tense is frequently used to make immediate requests or ask for casual favors. It translates naturally here to 'are you serving me some more?' or 'will you serve me some more?' without needing to use the formal future tense.
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