Tu te souviens du...? Ou souviens tu de....?

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I am trying to ask a friend whether she remembers a person I was telling her about. "Do you remember Aaron?" but I'm not sure if I should say:"Tu te souviens du Aaron?" or "Tu souviens de Aaron?"

Is your question about the construction of the question or the choice of the correct préposition/article (“du” or “de”)? — Stéphane Gimenez, Mar 17 '16 at 10:41

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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"souvenir" is a reflexive verb. You will always use it as "se souvernir".
So it would be :

Tu te souviens d'Aaron ?
Tu te souviens de Stéphane ?
Te souviens-tu du zoo que nous avions visité ?
Est-ce que tu te souviens de l'histoire du garçon qui criait au loup ?

Please see source with the full verb

EDIT:
As @Stephane points out, you also misuse "de" and "du".
Note that "du" is the shortened version of "de le".
Here, you won't say "le Aaron", since it is a person, so you have to use "de".
Note that « de la » and « de l' » must not be shortened with du (as you see in my first and third examples).
For more information about "de" and "du", you may see on an other thread this answer from @Gilles

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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answered Mar 16 '16 at 15:44

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There is a grammatical error (possible typo) in the second sentence. It should be "Te souviens-tu du zoo que nous avons visité?" using the past tense of the verb "visiter" ("Te souviens-tu du zoo que nous avions visité?" would also work). – glpsx Apr 08 '16 at 22:23
@VonKar Indeed, it was a typo, thank you :) – Random Apr 10 '16 at 20:46
Petite correction: "Tu te souviens d'Aaron"' et non "de Aaron"... – BBBreiz Apr 12 '16 at 08:06
@BBBreiz Thanks. Here I wanted to point the use of "de" and didn't want to be confusing, I changed it :) – Random Apr 12 '16 at 08:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 16 '16 at 15:54

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You would most commonly say

Tu te souviens d'Aaron?

if Aaron is a name (I don't know what Aaron is), but you can also say

Te souviens-tu d'Aaron?

Tu te souviens du Aaron

this means

Do you remember the Aaron?

so it isn't correct

edited Mar 16 '16 at 15:54

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answered Mar 16 '16 at 15:44

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@Random when you say "do you remeber Drake?" – FlipFloop Mar 16 '16 at 15:49
you cannot say "du Aaron" because Aaron begins with a vowel, so you must say "de l'Aaron". – BBBreiz Apr 12 '16 at 08:08
Another precision: the first well-known Aaron in history was the brother of Moses, who became the first grand priest of the Hebrews. – BBBreiz Apr 12 '16 at 08:10

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