Re: OT: Slightly OT: French as a second language

verite = truth  (noun)
vrai = true (adjective)

Imperatives take 'suffixed' pronouns: tuez-le 'kill him'
Infinitives take 'prefixed' pronouns: le tuer 'to kill him'

And of course the pronoune is 'lui' only when its an indirect object:  donnez-lui 'give him'

Elliott

 > Non ! Mes amis, il a découvert la vérité. Maintenant nous devons le tuer !
>
> Told you it sucked.
>
> Okay, I knew the accent marks, but I use pine, so they're beyond the pale
> to type.  But why verite instead of vrai?  What's the shading in meaning
> there?  And I thought that the infinitive took a suffixed pronoun.  Or is
> that the imperative.
>
> >
> > But your version was fair enough.
> >
> > Christophe.
> >
> > http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
> >
> > Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.
> >
>
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> Prurio modo viri qui in arbore pilosa est.
>                         ~~Elvis
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