Questions: Qui / qui est-ce que = Whom ?

Aurélie Drouard
2018-01-26
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In the following cases, the person is NOT the one doing the action, but is the object of the action -> Whom does someone meet, see...?

Note how we can ask whom in three different ways:

1- 

You can use qui followed by the inverted form of the verb. (Whom does she like?)

Qui aime-t-elle?Whom does she like?
 

Qui as-tu rencontré?Whom did you meet?
 

2- 

You can use qui after the normal sentence. (literally: She likes whom?)

Elle aime qui?Whom does she like?
 

Tu as rencontré qui?Whom did you meet?

3- 

And you can use the longer form with qui est-ce que ... ? (literally: who is it whom she likes?).
This one is never followed by the inverted form.

Qui est-ce qu'elle aime?Whom does she like?

Qui est-ce que tu as rencontré?Whom did you meet?
 

  

ATTENTION: 

You can also sometimes encounter the form c'est qui que, however, this is NOT really grammatically correct!

C'est qui qu'elle aime?Whom does she like?
 literally: It's who whom she likes?

C'est qui que tu as rencontré?Whom did you meet?

 

See also Questions: Qui, qui est-ce qui = Who ?

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Qui est-ce que tu as rencontré?Whom did you meet?
Elle aime qui?Whom does she like?
Qui as-tu rencontré?Whom did you meet?
Qui aime-t-elle?Whom does she like?
C'est qui que tu as rencontré?Whom did you meet?
Qui est-ce qu'elle aime?Whom does she like?
Tu as rencontré qui?Whom did you meet?
C'est qui qu'elle aime?Whom does she like?
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