\u201cI\u2019m going to bring Nicole to the mall.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n No. No, you\u2019re not. You are right in front of me, and we\u2019re not at the mall. If you were to utter that sentence while we\u2019re at the mall, that\u2019s one thing, but that\u2019s not the case.<\/span><\/p>\n Simply put, it all depends on where you are when you say \u2018bring\u2019 or \u2018take.\u2019\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a point of reference from the perspective of the speaker. If I want something to come where I am, I\u2019ll ask someone to bring<\/i> it to me. That means I won\u2019t move and the person comes to me. If someone asks me to hand him son portable <\/b>(his cell phone), I will get up to take<\/i> it to him. Basically: bring something HERE but take something THERE.<\/span><\/p>\n In the sample sentence, the speaker was talking to me from somewhere that is not the mall, so he can\u2019t bring <\/i>Nicole there. He can only take<\/i> her there.<\/span><\/p>\n C\u2019est clair <\/b>(Is it clear)?<\/b> Awesome. Now for the French.<\/span><\/p>\n Both \u201cto bring\u201d and \u201cto take\u201d have 2 forms each in French, but it\u2019s not confusing once you learn the differences. Let\u2019s take a look at them. <\/span><\/p>\n *****<\/span><\/p>\n To Bring Apporter <\/b>is used when you\u2019re describing things you can physically carry.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 J\u2019ai apport\u00e9 une bouteille de vin ce soir. Amener <\/b>is used when you bring along people or animals. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>J\u2019ai amen\u00e9 mon chien au bureau aujourd\u2019hui. *****<\/span><\/p>\n To Take Emporter <\/b>is used when you\u2019re describing things you can physically carry.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 J\u2019ai emport\u00e9 une bouteille de vin pour la f\u00eate hier soir. Emmener <\/b>is used when you bring along people or animals. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Papa va emmener son chien au bureau aujourd\u2019hui ! *****<\/span><\/p>\n See? Not so difficult!\u00a0 <\/span>Need a tip to remember which verb to use?<\/span><\/p>\n – Anything you can physically carry (porter<\/b> in French) has port<\/b> in it! <\/span><\/p>\n – For \u2018to take,\u2019 both French verbs start with the letter E. I just remember the small word et<\/b> to remember that. <\/span>E<\/b><\/span> <\/b>for emporter<\/b> and emmener<\/b> and <\/b><\/span>T<\/b><\/span> for take = <\/span>E<\/span> T<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unless you are already on the moon,\u00a0I’m not going to say this to you! It doesn’t matter how much I want to go there. Logically speaking, \u2018bring\u2019 and \u2018take\u2019 shouldn\u2019t cause too much confusion, but I hear native speakers make this mistake time and time again (talking about English, by the way). \u201cI\u2019m going to…<\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/span>When to use it?<\/i>: When you want something\/someone to be where you already are.
\n<\/span>The 2 forms of \u201cto bring\u201d in French are apporter<\/b> and amener<\/b>. What\u2019s the difference?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I brought a bottle of wine this evening.
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (said when entering the room, for example)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I brought my dog to the office today.
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (this is, of course, only said if you’re at the office)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/span>When to use it?<\/i>: When you want something\/someone to be in a different location than where you are.
\n<\/span>The 2 forms of \u201cto take\u201d in French are emporter<\/b> and emmener<\/b>. What\u2019s the difference?<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 I took a bottle of wine to the party last night.
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (I\u2019m no longer there but explaining what happened)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Dad is going to take his dog to the office today!
\n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 (Dad hasn\u2019t left the house, but when he leaves, Fido is going with him)<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/take-my-hand-and-bring-me-to-the-moon-3-350x350.jpg\")