What does qui est ce mean

Yes, that is absolutely correct. You can negate a sentence while using est-ce que question. Merci beaucoup pour un bonne lecon. Enroll in in my free lesson course that has helped thousands like you 2x their Everyday French in 10 days!

Please log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Asking Questions in French: Est-ce que vs. February 4, Download this Lesson as a PDF. Want all the vocabulary of the lesson?

So "qui est-ce QUE tu invites? In all sentences, the first interrogative pronoun qui or qu' are always subject of "est". It was the third one that had to be changed then, which you did.

December 17, December 16, Thank you, I think this is a clear explanation. April 22, Person, subject - qui est-ce qui Person, object - qui est-ce que Not a person, subject - qu'est-ce qui Not a person, object - qu'est-ce que. July 2, February 18, Thanks to your reply!!! These two did make me confuse before.

Simone de Beauvoir, who's she? Stop whining and find out who it is. Tarik, qui est-ce , Lindbergh? Tarik, who is it, Lindbergh? Tu vois, qui est-ce qui gaspille son argent. Now look who's wasting money. Demande qui est-ce d'abord. Honey, I mean Tarik, who's this , Lindbergh? Comment ne savez-vous pas qui est-ce How do you not know who this Possibly inappropriate content Unlock. Register to see more examples It's simple and it's free Register Connect. Suggest an example.

What is the difference between qui est-ce qui and qui est-ce que? My book says in qui est-ce que, the qui is the person and the que is the complement of the verb. Bisou82 Senior Member United Kingdom. So: "ca derange qui? However, when you are asking "who" is having the verb done to them you have to use the longer form "qui est-ce que" only. Click to expand I came across this sentence in an interview i was reading.

I can read it basically says "What do you think of their bad start to the championship? Last edited by a moderator: Jul 29, I have an exam tomorrow and I'm getting tested on this and I am SO confused- my teacher says one is for the subject and one is for the object but that doesn't make it any clearer!

I need a very detailed explanation please, with many examples if you can. Examples: Qui est-ce qui te fait pleurer? You met Ted object Qui and que are puzzling for English people, because they can be two much different thing in French.

The rule to remember is that qui is subject of the subordinate, whereas que is its object. In other words, if the subordinate shows a subject, use que ; and if not, use qui. Now, if you can't identify subjects and objects, I'm not sure we can help you more than this! If you look up "que qui" in the dictionary you will find a number of old threads. This forum can't provide lessons for you, which is what you need.

Gil said:. OrelYY said:. Who Whom did you kiss? You kissed Elise o bject. Qu'est-ce que vous dites? Qu'est-ce qui se passe? Merpero Senior Member Birmingham,England. May I ask whether you have come across this concept of subject and object at all, before I or perhaps somebody else!

That really helped me when I was first learning French. Then, later on, you are told that " qui " doesn't always mean who. Thus, in " Qu'est-ce qui se passe? I suppose the subject here is " something ", because it is " so mething" that is "doing" the "happening" of course, we don't know exactly what that "something" is yet. Qui est-ce qui a casse la fenetre? Qui est-ce que vous avez vu? I know that we use qui when we have a question directed to the subject and que when have question directed to direct object.

It seems to me that in these two questions above both should use qui, no??