Construction of the sentence in the example

Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Construction of the sentence in the example

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ca lui prend de se preparer ! Is an example given to illustrate when l'indicatif is used and not le subjonctif. That I understand but I find the the sentence interesting and would like to ask :  1. Could  que ca lui  be replaced by qu'elle prend ?  and  2. Could que ca be replaced by celui que ?

Asked 4 years ago
CélineKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Ron,

Question 1:

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ça lui prend de se préparer 

Je ne comprends pas le temps qu'elle prend pour se préparer.

 

Question 2:

you couldn’t have ‘celui que’ replacing exactly ‘que ça’ here. It would simply not work at all.

‘Celui que’ means ‘the one that / whom / which’. It introduces a relative clause in which ‘celui que’ is used as an object.

 

Dialogue 1 :

Céline: “je prends le train le matin. Et toi?”I take the train in the morning. What                                                                                           about you?

Ron: “Celui que je prends le matin est toujours en retard” the one (that) I take in                                                                                                                   the morning is always late

 

Dialogue 2:

Céline: “voici mon professeur de sport!”Here is my PE teacher!

Ron: “Celui que tu n’aimes pas?”The one (whom) you don't like?

 

I hope this is helpful.

Bonne journée!

Construction of the sentence in the example

Je ne comprends pas le temps que ca lui prend de se preparer ! Is an example given to illustrate when l'indicatif is used and not le subjonctif. That I understand but I find the the sentence interesting and would like to ask :  1. Could  que ca lui  be replaced by qu'elle prend ?  and  2. Could que ca be replaced by celui que ?

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