Sorry for the low quality of the video. I don't know what happened with my camera :/ Don't forget to download your free PDF here: theperfectfrench.com/grammar/all-the-meanings-of-manquer/
For English speakers, I find the best translation of "Tu me manques" and "je te manque" are "you are missed by me" and "I am missed by you", in other words, "Tu manques à moi" and "Je manque à toi". These translations help me overcome the confusion of the French sentence structure with manquer.
Madame Dylane🌹 I have been waiting for you to make this lesson but I feel and forgive me for taking the liberty to suggest that perhaps one day you can make a longer lesson of it. I feel is a difficult structure to learn. My gratitude to you Madame Dylane🌹
Yes the third usage of manquer is confusing. I would have thought "Tu me manques" meant "You miss me" and "Je te manque" meant "I miss you" but as you explained the meanings are reversed due to the different ways English and French express feelings. One amusing part of the video is that I watched it with closed captioning and every time you said "manquer" the closed captioning displayed "monkey". I guess that was the closest sounding English word it could find.
Actually, in the third case, it’s exactly the same in Greek! We would say, « μου (to me) λείπεις (you are missed) » Anyway, I found it interesting, so I thought I might share it. Thanks for your videos, and keep up the good work. 👍🏻
Learning English and French parallel and having German as first language is practical. See: I miss you = Ich vermisse dich Tu me manques = Du fehlst mir And it’s all the same context 😂
The way I have tried to make sense of se manquer, is to think of it in a literal, but very awkward, english translation. "Tu me mangues" == "You, I miss". Once I get a grip on that, I change , in my head, to the more natural sounding "I miss you." Elle me mangue => She I miss => I miss her. Je se mangue => I, he misses => He misses me Does this work in general? Or am I likely to get into trouble with this "trick"? Merci! Jim
Thanks for the video , and expecting not abuse of your time I have a question , Mylene Farmer have a song ( c'est pas moi ) where she say " manque de toi " is this correct ? Thanks in advance take care.
There are lots of channel teaching French in French. I teach French in English because it suits more some learners. If you are looking for a French teaching channel in French, there are plenty ;)
