“What” in French

People studying French often find it difficult to decide what is the proper French Translation of the word ‘what’: whether it is que or quoi, or maybe pesky quel? It is important to grasp the difference between these to know how to use them correctly. The problem, according to San Jose Translation workers is that it arises from the fact that “what” has numerous grammatical functions in English. It can be a relative pronoun, an interrogative pronoun, an adjective, an adverb, or object of a preposition. Moreover, it may be found in any position in a sentence. On the other hand, French has different words for most of these possibilities. In order to know which of them to use, you need to understand what function it performs.

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