Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

HeatherC1Kwiziq community member

Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

I don’t understand the structure of this question. I imagine there is an idiom I haven’t seen before. What is en replacing?  What is il referring to? 

Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Heather,

Well spotted as it is an idiomatic expression 'en être de' which means -

where are we at / what about

which is very used in French.

You could also say -

Qu'est-ce qu'il en est de Julien et Sophie?

 Or 

Qu'est-ce qu'il en est de votre vente ? 

But well spotted!

CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hello Radhika, 

This page with a few examples might help you to use this lovely expression -

https://forum.lefigaro.fr/forum/affich-23828-sens-de-l-expression-qu-en-est-il-de

Bonne Continuation !

 

RadhikaB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I came here to ask the very same question. Interesting explanation. Not to be confused with à propos de or s'agir i suppose?

Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

I don’t understand the structure of this question. I imagine there is an idiom I haven’t seen before. What is en replacing?  What is il referring to? 

Thanks.

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