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Why is tu used instead of vous in this sentence?
Tu is the second-person singular pronoun used for addressing a single person informally. Vous can also mean “you,” but it’s either used for formal situations or when talking to more than one person. Using tu indicates familiarity or informality.
Why do we say aimes and not aime?
In French, the verb aimer changes based on the subject. For tu (you, singular), the conjugation is tu aimes. If you used il/elle, it would be il/elle aime without the final s. The s in aimes is silent, but it is still necessary in writing to follow French grammar rules.
Why do we say le pain instead of du pain?
Le pain is the definite article and translates roughly to the bread. In French, using the definite article often indicates you’re talking about bread in general or bread as a concept you like. If you say du pain, you’re emphasizing “some bread” rather than bread as a general category. In this sentence, tu aimes le pain means you like bread in general.
Where does aussi normally go in a sentence?
Aussi (meaning “too” or “also”) can appear at the end of a sentence (as in Tu aimes le pain aussi) or directly after the verb (Tu aimes aussi le pain). Both placements are acceptable, but placing aussi at the end can feel slightly more colloquial or emphatic, while placing it closer to the verb can sound a bit more formal.
Could I say Est-ce que tu aimes le pain aussi? and would it mean the same thing?
Yes, you could. Adding Est-ce que at the beginning simply turns the sentence into a more explicit question form. Tu aimes le pain aussi? can also be turned into a question just by changing your intonation, but Est-ce que tu aimes le pain aussi? is grammatically clear and often used in formal or standard writing. Both forms mean "Do you like bread too?" but the version with est-ce que might sound more structured.
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