I be you and you be me/aide

I be you and you be me/aide
Message de jo1000 posté le 25-08-2013 à 20:23:03 (S | E | F)
Hello,

This afternoon, I talked with my British correspondent. We were talking about switching our situation and he said "I be you and you be me".
I asked him why he said "I be...you be" and he couldn't find any explanations :/
Could anyone help me understand that? :-)
Thank you !!

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Modifié par lucile83 le 25-08-2013 21:09

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Réponse: I be you and you be me/aide de willy, postée le 25-08-2013 à 20:29:29 (S | E)
Hello!

You may have misunderstood what he said.
He may have said:"I'll be you and you'll be me".

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Réponse: I be you and you be me/aide de jo1000, postée le 25-08-2013 à 20:38:33 (S | E)
Thanks for your answer
And no, I understood correctly, since he wrote it. :-)

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Réponse: I be you and you be me/aide de lucile83, postée le 25-08-2013 à 21:08:39 (S | E)
Hello,

Il devait faire référence à la chanson How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? de Sinead O'Connor sortie en 2012.
Be ici a le sens d'un conditionnel mais a la forme du subjonctif.
I be you and you be me...je serais toi et tu serais moi.
Enfin, c'est comme ça que je le comprends.
Le subjonctif anglais est formé par l'infinitif en fait:
It is important that she write to me ( write est à l'infinitif)
He ordered that the man be imprisoned

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Réponse: I be you and you be me/aide de notrepere, postée le 26-08-2013 à 04:44:48 (S | E)
Hello

As Lucile said, this is the present subjunctive in English, which is used when talking about events that somebody wants to happen, anticipates will happen, or imagines happening. Imagine that I am you and you are me. Imagine us switching places.

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Réponse: I be you and you be me/aide de jo1000, postée le 26-08-2013 à 11:34:04 (S | E)
All right, thank you !

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