Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Level A2, Adjectives & Adverbs, Adjectif

Questions: 7

Look at these exclamations:

Quelle bonne idée !
What a good idea!

Quel cadeau extraordinaire !
What an amazing gift!

Quelles excuses minables !
What lousy excuses!

Quels beaux enfants !
What beautiful children!

Note that to express an exclamation starting with "what a" + noun in French, you will use the exclamative adjective quel + noun.

Also note that quel agrees in gender and number with the noun it refers to: quel, quelle, quels, quelles.

ATTENTION: you never say "Quel un beau matin !"

ATTENTION: Quel + noun can also be used in a question to mean "Which (thing)?". The only way to distinguish the two uses is context: you wouldn't say "Which beautiful dress !".

See also Questions: Quel, quels, quelle, quelles = Which / what ? 

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DermotB2Kwiziq community member

"What nice boys" is repeated twice in the possible answers to "Quels gentils garcons"

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Dermot, 

Unfortunately, we can't, needle and haystack spring to mind.

If this happens again can you use the Report it button on your correction board which links directly to the quiz you refer to and makes it possible to correct these types of errors?

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CécileKwiziq team member

Hi Dermot,

Was this in a quiz ?

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DermotB2Kwiziq community member

Yes - but I do not know which one. Hopefully you can search for it.

Dermot

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"What nice boys" is repeated twice in the possible answers to "Quels gentils garcons"

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JohnnyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

you never say "Quel un beau matin !"

So how would one say "What a beatiful morning!"? Also, this lesson addresses "What a...!" How do I say "how kind of you"?

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RonC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Johnny, One way to say «how kind of you» is C'est trés gentil de votre part. I am sure there are other ways which are better.

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AurélieKwiziq team member

Bonjour Johnny ! To say "What a beautiful morning!", you will indeed omit the article "un" but keep the rest as is: "Quel beau matin!" As for "how kind of you" and such sentences, it's much trickier to express in French, as this structure simply doesn't exist. Instead, you will use "Comme c'est gentil de votre part !" or "Comme vous êtes gentil !" I hope that's helpful! À bientôt !

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you never say "Quel un beau matin !"

So how would one say "What a beatiful morning!"? Also, this lesson addresses "What a...!" How do I say "how kind of you"?

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