Accord with quel/ quelle/ quels/ quelles

HemlataA2Kwiziq community member

Accord with quel/ quelle/ quels/ quelles

Hi , which is correct and why

Quels livres avez-vous lus ? Or

Quels livres avez-vous lu?





Asked 5 months ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Hemlata,

The word 'quels' ( which/what) has no bearing on the agreement of the past participle 'lu'.

Here is the lesson on quel/quelle/quels/quelles for you to study.

Quel/quelle/quels/quelles + [nom] = What a [noun] (French Exclamative Adjectives)

The agreement of the past participle is with the object of the verb 'lire' and it depends whether it is in front or behind it, and that is covered in the other lesson.

Bonne Continuation !

 

 

CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Hemlata, 

The answer is in the lesson you have pinned. 

https://www.kwiziq.com/community-guidelines

 

Bonne Continuation !

HemlataA2Kwiziq community member

Merci Cécile, but i can't seem to find anything specific with quel.  Can you share the link? The link shared by you is on community guidelines.

MaartenC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I think Cécile may have interpreted your question as outside ‘homework’. 

It may be worth reworking the question - rather than a question about ‘quel’ (an adjective),  it seems you may be asking about past participle agreement with compound tenses and auxiliary avoir in inverted questions when the direct object precedes the verb, but is not a direct object pronoun ? 

A quite niche point obviously and I can’t recall having seen it specifically addressed. I think I know the answer, but not sure enough to put it forward. Perhaps Cécile might be able to clarify ?

HemlataA2Kwiziq community member

Oh ok. I get it now! Merci beaucoup Cécile !

Accord with quel/ quelle/ quels/ quelles

Hi , which is correct and why

Quels livres avez-vous lus ? Or

Quels livres avez-vous lu?





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