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PRONOMS INTERROGATES.
who asked for a return ticket for Lucerne? They are tourists bound
for Switzerland. 14. What are they? They are Americans. 15. It
is evident that they are Americans, to judge by their brogue. 16. Does
that suit you? No, that does not suit me by any means.
LXXIP leon: Pronoms interrogatifs. 65 67;
(a) Differ entes manures de ren,dre le pronom interrogatif l
WJiatT .
219 224;
(I) 'What' employS comme adjectif interrogatif:
Qliel homrae? Quelle femme? What man? What woman?
Savez-vous quel est son age (quelle Do you know what his age (Jiis native
est sa patrie) ? country)
QueiS sont ses titres a cette place? What are his claims on this situation?
(II)
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is ?
What' employe comme pronom interrogatif ( 221):
Absolu: Quoi? Quoi de plus beau? What? What could be finer?
Norn. Que deviendrons-nous? Qu'est-CB What will become of us?
nous deviendrons?
que
Ace. Que faites-vous? QiTest-ce que What are you doing?
vous faites?
Gen. De quo! parlez-vous? De quoi Of what are you speaking ?
est-Ce que vous parlez?
Dat. A quoi attribuez-vous cela? (A To what do you ascribe that?
quo! est-ce que, etc.)
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? Apres? Wliat is the matter? What next?
(b) 1. Qui cherchez-vous? 2. Que cherchez-vous? 3. Quel temps fait-il?
4. Auquel de ces livres donnez-vous la preference? 5. Qu'est-ce que c'est
que la vie? 6. Vous demandez un livre, lequel? 7. Que vous faut-il?
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8. Qu est-ce qui vous afflige? 9. A quoi peut-on comparer la vraie
modestie? A un arbre touffu qui cache sous ses feuilles les fruits
qu'il porte. 10. $w'avez-vous fait? (Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait?)
11. Quel est le prix de cette montre? Laquelle, monsieur? Celleci
ou celle-la? 12. En quoi cette phrase est-elle vicieuse? 13. C'est
une grande question: lequel a ete fait le premier, du marteau ou do
Tenclume? 14. Que devenir?
(d) 1. Who told you that? 2. Which of these books is yours? That which
you hold in your left hand. 3. To whom are you speaking? 4. Whom
do you accuse? 5. What have you done? 6. What are they thinking
of? 7. To whom does he wish to speak? 8. What o'clock was it when
you (are) arrived? 9. Whom do you blame? The pupils. Which?
Those who do not work. 10. Who is there? What do you want?
11. He asks [for] a newspaper; but which does he ask [for]? 12. miat
does that mean? 13. To which of my sisters will you write? To the
one (who is) in London. 14. To which of these horses do you give the
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