Quand La Premiere Guerre Mondial a-t-elle commence. This seems an awkward construction, but perhaps not. Could one say: La premiere Guerre Mondial quand a-t-elle commence? Please excuse the lack of punctuation.
Awkward Structure?
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MikeKwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Awkward Structure?
This question relates to:French lesson "Inverted questions in the present tense (Le Présent) in French - with names/things/emphasis"
Asked 11 months ago
Hi Mike,
What we are suggesting is the 'proper' way of building such a sentence, but in everyday speech, your version is very acceptable.
La première guerre mondiale, quand a-t-elle commencé ?
You could also say very very collaquially -
Elle a commencé quand, la première guerre mondiale ?
Bonne Continuation !
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