| French > English |
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| qu'est-ce qui |
| 1. pron. what (used as an interrogative for a subject) |
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| Qu'est-ce qui t'a frappé ? - What hit you? |
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| Qu'est-ce qui se passe ? - What's going on? |
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| French > French |
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| qu'est-ce qui |
| 1. n. Pronom interrogatif du sujet inanimé. |
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| Qu'est-ce qui fait courir ces gens ? |
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| Qu'est-ce qui se passe ? |
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| Analysis |
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| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) |
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| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. |
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| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. |
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| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. |
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| 3. conj. when, no sooner |
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| est |
| 1. adj. east |
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| 2. n-m. east |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être |
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| être |
| 1. v. to be |
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| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. |
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| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) |
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| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. |
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| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) |
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| ce |
| 1. det. this, that |
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| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) |
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| C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! |
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| est-ce que...? - is it that...? |
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| ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of |
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| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom |
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| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? |
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| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. |
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| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that |
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| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. |
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