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?)
2-
You can use qui after the normal sentence. (literally: She likes whom?)
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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.
This one is never followed by the inverted form.
ATTENTION:
You can also sometimes encounter the form c'est qui que, however, this is NOT really grammatically correct!
literally: It's who whom she likes?
See also Questions: Qui, qui est-ce qui = Who ?
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