Learn French: L'allié ne veut pas rompre l'alliance ? Si, il veut la rompre. - The ally doesn't want to break the alliance? Yes, he wants to break it.

In French, when you are answering a negative question (like ne veut pas... ?) and you want to contradict it by saying yes, you must use si. If you used oui here, a French speaker might be confused about whether you are agreeing with the negative statement or contradicting it.

Why use rompre instead of casser for to break?

While both verbs mean to break, casser is mostly used for physical objects that shatter or snap, like a glass or a chair. Rompre is used for abstract concepts like an alliance, a contract, a promise, or a romantic relationship.

Why is the pronoun la placed right before rompre instead of before the first verb?

When a sentence has a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive (like veut rompre), the direct object pronoun almost always goes directly before the infinitive it belongs to. He wants to break it, so la goes right in front of rompre.

How do we know la means it and not her?