Qu’en est-il de Julien et Sophie?

HeatherC1Kwiziq community member

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?

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

But well spotted!

Like14 years ago

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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