CLARIFICATION - QUI VS QUI EST-CE QUE..?

Question

I have a quick question - I see that the quiz marks Qui vous avez envie de revoir ? Wrongly in exchange of Qui est-ce que vous avez envie de revoir ? But I was under the impression that both options could be correct, please help.

Maarten Kamp · Answer

M.A. ,

the sentence structures with ‘ qui ‘ and ‘ qui est-ce que ‘ are different though.

With qui, it can be placed at the start with an inverted verb structure ‘ qui avez-vous…’, or at the end of the question, after a normal verb structure ‘ vous avez … qui ‘.

As the example is a question in standard word order, qui is not correct at the start of the sentence, but ‘ qui est-ce que ‘ is.

The three different structures are under the separate headings in the lesson.

Note also the lessons below on question structures.

Que + [inverted statement] ? = What ... ? (French Questions)

Asking questions in French with "qui/que/quoi/quand/où/comment/pourquoi/combien" (French Question Words)