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 ?
Construction of the sentence in the example
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Construction of the sentence in the example
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!
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