In ‘ Quand ouvre-t-on les cadeaux? ‘ When do we open the presents?
where does the ‘t’ come from?
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Bonjour Alan,
As Jim and Chris both replied, it is used to make the sentence easier to pronounce.
See link below: forming-questions-by-inverting-in-the-present-tense-il-elle-on-forms
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
Jim Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Hi Alan,
It's there to allow easier "verbal flow" between the two vowels e - o.
Jim
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
The -t- is there for phonetic reasons only. No grammatical content.
Mark Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Try saying ouvre-on and the ouvre-t-on.. it is a way of separating the two vowels.. in English we would use a glottal stop... The French just pronounce it.
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