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Dec 30, 2021 - 06:36 AM
Hi; in your example, I believe "quel" is the question word, and "A" is the preposition, but this structure isn't exactly the one you have shown.
Dec 31, 2021 - 03:00 AM
What doesn't fit aside from the placement of the noun, hotel, with the template?
Preposition + Q. word + pronoun + verb + rest of the sentence
Preposition - À
Question word - quel
Pronoun - ils
Verb - vont
Rest of sentence - rester
So do we always toss the noun in with the question word?
Preposition + Q. word + pronoun + verb + rest of the sentence
Preposition - À
Question word - quel
Pronoun - ils
Verb - vont
Rest of sentence - rester
So do we always toss the noun in with the question word?
Dec 31, 2021 - 05:44 AM
OK, not sure what he issue is here. How else would you translate this? Where are these "templates" taught in Fluenz? The main point I think is that the preposition goes before the question word. Fluenz makes a big deal out of this because they give the English version with the preposition at the end. But as I have pointed out before, this is just another example of Fluenz using bad English. the preposition should go at the beginning in correct English as well.
Dec 31, 2021 - 05:57 AM
There is no issue here.
The sentence templates are in the lesson I posted in the first post.
The question is still are we to always include the noun with the question word for proper grammar.
It's never mentioned in the tutorial. They say write the question word, but they write the question word and a noun.
The sentence templates are in the lesson I posted in the first post.
The question is still are we to always include the noun with the question word for proper grammar.
It's never mentioned in the tutorial. They say write the question word, but they write the question word and a noun.
Dec 31, 2021 - 07:18 AM
I may have an older version of French. Anyway, time for Andy or Caroline to step in I think.
Dec 31, 2021 - 07:34 AM
No worries. Thanks for trying though, James. I appreciate it.
Jan 07, 2022 - 12:37 AM
Hi Jesse,
The template that we've given here is a general template, which works with all question words. The only difference in your example is that "quel" is a special question word, which is always accompanied with a noun (like the question word "which" in English), which is why it's directly followed by the noun "hôtel" here.
So you're right that to be very specific we could have written "question word group" on the template, to make it clear that question words like "quel" are always directly followed by the noun they accompany. That's always the case, even if there's no preposition in the question, so it doesn't change our point here that prepositions go at the beginning of questions, unlike in English.
Some examples:
Quelle couleur tu préfères?
À quel hôtel ils vont rester?
Dans quel magasin je peux trouver ça?
De quoi vous parlez?
Pour quand est-ce qu'elle veut son billet?
Avec qui tu as mangé?
Hope it helps!
The template that we've given here is a general template, which works with all question words. The only difference in your example is that "quel" is a special question word, which is always accompanied with a noun (like the question word "which" in English), which is why it's directly followed by the noun "hôtel" here.
So you're right that to be very specific we could have written "question word group" on the template, to make it clear that question words like "quel" are always directly followed by the noun they accompany. That's always the case, even if there's no preposition in the question, so it doesn't change our point here that prepositions go at the beginning of questions, unlike in English.
Some examples:
Quelle couleur tu préfères?
À quel hôtel ils vont rester?
Dans quel magasin je peux trouver ça?
De quoi vous parlez?
Pour quand est-ce qu'elle veut son billet?
Avec qui tu as mangé?
Hope it helps!
Jan 07, 2022 - 05:00 AM
Thanks Emilie for the clarification.
I like to be exact so I can for sure understand it.
Accidentally downvoted your comment I cant reverse it :o
I like to be exact so I can for sure understand it.
Accidentally downvoted your comment I cant reverse it :o
