Why is it "Tout ce qui vous fait peur est bête" and not "ce que"?

Billy P.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is it "Tout ce qui vous fait peur est bête" and not "ce que"?

I thought subject pronouns ("vous" in this case) would make it "ce que"?

The rule I've been using before was if it's a verb/reflexive then it's ce qui and if it's a noun/pronoun then it's ce que, yet here we see "ce qui" followed by "vous". Super confused, sorry if this is obvious

Asked 4 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

In the sentence, vous is not the subject pronoun but the indirect object because the phrase is faire peur à qqn.

Tout ce qui vous fait peur ...-- Everything that frightens you...
Tout ce que vous faites, fait peur. -- Everything that you do, is frightening.

Billy P. asked:

Why is it "Tout ce qui vous fait peur est bête" and not "ce que"?

I thought subject pronouns ("vous" in this case) would make it "ce que"?

The rule I've been using before was if it's a verb/reflexive then it's ce qui and if it's a noun/pronoun then it's ce que, yet here we see "ce qui" followed by "vous". Super confused, sorry if this is obvious

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