qu'en est-il

DianaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

qu'en est-il

Asked 7 years ago
AurélieKwiziq team memberCorrect answer
Bonjour Diana !

"Qu'en est-il ?" literally means "What is of it?".

When used with "de", as such: "Qu'en est-il de ... ?" , it means "What is it of ...? / What about ...?".

I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
DianaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
can you please give another example of this construction. I can't intuitively understand it.
AurélieKwiziq team member
Bonjour Diana ! Are you talking about "qu'en est-il" or "ni l'un ni l'autre" ?
DianaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
qu'en est-il is one of the example sentences in that topic. so yes, qu'en est-il de J et S means what about J and S. It's just a strange construction for me.
DianaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
thank you! that is very helpful!

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