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French Note 9
Now I have to explain the use of " quoi " as a relative pronoun. Remember that these sentences are not questions . The structure will be as follows.
Preposition +Quoi
1. Je n' arrive pas à comprendre en quoi cet homme croit.
I am not able to understand in what this man believes.
2. J' espère que vous sachiez de quoi il s'agit , le discours du prof.
I hope you know what the speech of the professor is about.
3. Il est difficile à deviner en quoi cet objet est fait.
It is difficult to guess of what this object is made.
4. Dites moi avec quoi on peut casser cette pierre.
Tell me with what one can break this stone.
5. À quoi je pense maintenant, personne ne peut deviner.
What I am thinking of, none can guess.
6. Sur quoi je peux compter à ce moment difficile , seul Dieu le sait.
On what I can count at this difficult time, only God knows it.
So these examples would make the usage clear to you. Note the prepositions used along with " quoi". They depend on the verb. Don't forget that " quoi " does not refer to persons. It refers only to things and ideas.
That is all for the time being.
Happy learning.
Sayee Jayaraman
13/01/2015
French Note 9
Now I have to explain the use of " quoi " as a relative pronoun. Remember that these sentences are not questions . The structure will be as follows.
Preposition +Quoi
1. Je n' arrive pas à comprendre en quoi cet homme croit.
I am not able to understand in what this man believes.
2. J' espère que vous sachiez de quoi il s'agit , le discours du prof.
I hope you know what the speech of the professor is about.
3. Il est difficile à deviner en quoi cet objet est fait.
It is difficult to guess of what this object is made.
4. Dites moi avec quoi on peut casser cette pierre.
Tell me with what one can break this stone.
5. À quoi je pense maintenant, personne ne peut deviner.
What I am thinking of, none can guess.
6. Sur quoi je peux compter à ce moment difficile , seul Dieu le sait.
On what I can count at this difficult time, only God knows it.
So these examples would make the usage clear to you. Note the prepositions used along with " quoi". They depend on the verb. Don't forget that " quoi " does not refer to persons. It refers only to things and ideas.
That is all for the time being.
Happy learning.
Sayee Jayaraman
13/01/2015
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