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quoi
     1. pron. (interrogative, ;, for things) what
     2. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   De quoi parle-t-il ? - What is he talking about?
                   À quoi penses-tu ? - What are you thinking about?
                   À quoi cela sert-il ? - What is this used for?
                   Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ? - What is this supposed to be eaten with?
                   En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ? - What are you doing this for?
     3. pron.          (attributive, or direct object, ;, colloquial)
                   C'est quoi ? (attributive) - What is this/that? (noncolloquial French: qu') (noncolloquial French: qu')
                   Il dit quoi ? (direct object) - What does he say? (noncolloquial French: que) (noncolloquial French: que)
     4. pron. (relative, ;, for things) what, (that) which
     5. pron.          (direct object)
                   Je sais quoi faire. - I know what to do.
                   Je ne sais pas quoi faire. - I don't know what to do. (more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.) (more formal French: Je ne sais que f
     6. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment. - ...that on which I am working...
                   Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps. - And that's what we've spent our time on.
                   Ils ont perdu beaucoup d'argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin. - They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they
     7. pron. after de and before an infinitive verb
     8. pron.          enough (of something specific)
                   Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes. - There was enough to fill three boxes.
     9. pron.          nothing
                   Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat ! - There's nothing to make a big thing out of!
                   Merci !—Il n'y a pas de quoi me remercier. - There is nothing to thank me for.
     10. pron. (before a subjunctive verb) whatever
     11. pron.          (direct object)
                   Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera. - Whatever I may do, nothing will change.
     12. pron.          (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai là. - Whatever may happen, I will be there.
     13. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know
           Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi. - So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.
     14. Phrase. what? say again?
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