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Est-ce que je vous regarde? (where vous is the plural direct object)

What does this mean? I keep thinking it means Do I watch you?, or word for word, Is it that - I - you - watch?

But "Do I watch you?" "Do I look at you?" That doesn't make any sense. It's a senseless question.

Which makes me think I am not interpreting it correctly.

Date: 2004-03-23 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vrya.livejournal.com
okay, generally I need context, and I seem to have left all my french dictionaries at my parents house (cross country), but yeah, literarly, is it "Am I looking at you?" If it's an exercise in a book, chances are it *doesn't* make sense, it's just a test of conjugating, and the verb in the case happens to be "look". Without my dictionary, can't be sure, but I think you can also use "regard" to mean "concern". As in "cela me regard" (that's my business, that's my concern, etc).

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