Is the word order correct here:
j'espère, que trouve toi bien cette carte ?
Or:
j'espère que toi cette carte trouve bien ?
Or is neither correct?
I want to say ¨I hope this card finds you well¨
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Sign up to join this communityIs the word order correct here:
j'espère, que trouve toi bien cette carte ?
Or:
j'espère que toi cette carte trouve bien ?
Or is neither correct?
I want to say ¨I hope this card finds you well¨
Neither. Toi is a stressed pronoun, so you only use it in certain specific ways, such as after a preposition.
In your sentence, assuming you mean "I hope this card finds you well," you need the direct object pronoun te and it has to go in front of the verb:
J'espère que cette carte te trouve bien.
the word order should be :
J'espère que cette carte te trouvera bien.
(where "toi" is replaced by "te" and placed between the subject (cette carte) and the verb (trouve) )
However, this type of sentence sentence doesn't sound good in French, I would rather write :
J'espère que tu recevras bien cette carte.
or
J'espère que cette carte te sera bien transmise/remise.
if you have some doubt that the message could get lost.
EDIT: if you want to say that you hope that the person reading the letter is in good health, you can simply say :
J'espère que tu vas bien (or "que vous allez bien" if this is a formal letter).