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who [hu:]• who's there? qui est là ?• who are you? qui êtes-vous ?• who has the book? (qui est-ce) qui a le livre ?• who does he think he is? il se prend pour qui ?• who came with you? (qui est-ce) qui est venu avec vous ?• who(m) did you see? qui avez-vous vu ?• who(m) did you speak to? à qui avez-vous parlé ?• who's the book by? le livre est de qui ?• who is he to tell me...? (indignantly) de quel droit est-ce qu'il me dit... ?* * *[huː]In questions qui on its own as the object of a verb requires inversion of the verb: who did he call? = qui a-t-il appelé? but qui followed by est-ce que or est-ce qui needs no inversion: qui est-ce qu'il a appelé? Note, however, that the form il a appelé qui? is also used in spoken French1) ( interrogative) ( as subject) qui (est-ce qui); ( as object) qui (est-ce que); ( after prepositions) quiwho did you invite? — qui est-ce que tu as invité?, qui as-tu invité?
I was strolling along when who should I see but Diane — je me promenais et devine qui j'ai rencontré...Diane
who shall I say is calling? — ( on phone) c'est de la part de qui?
2) ( relative) ( as subject) qui; ( as object) que; ( after prepositions) quihis friend, who lives in Paris — son ami qui habite Paris
he/she who — celui/celle qui
they ou those who — ceux/celles qui
those who have something to say should speak up now — quiconque a quelque chose à dire doit le dire or ceux qui ont quelque chose à dire doivent le dire maintenant
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2 who
❢ Who is translated by qui. In questions qui on its own as the object of a verb requires inversion of the verb: who did he call? = qui a-t-il appelé? but qui followed by est-ce que or est-ce qui needs no inversion: qui est-ce qu'il a appelé? Note, however, that the form il a appelé qui? is also used in spoken French.For particular usages see the entry below. pron1 ( interrogative) ( as subject) qui (est-ce qui) ; ( as object) qui (est-ce que) ; ( after prepositions) qui ; who knows the answer? qui connaît la réponse? ; who did you invite? qui est-ce que tu as invité?, qui as-tu invité? ; who's going to be there? qui sera là? ; behind/next to who? derrière/à côté de qui? ; who was she with? elle était avec qui?, avec qui était-elle? ; who does he live with? il habite avec qui?, avec qui est-ce qu'il habite? ; who did you buy it for? pour qui l'as-tu acheté? ; who did you get it from? qui te l'a donné? ; ‘I gave it away’-‘who to?’ ‘je l'ai donné’-‘à qui?’ ; do you know who's who? est-ce que tu sais qui est qui? ; I was strolling along when who should I see but Diane je me promenais et devine qui j'ai rencontré…Diane ; who shall I say is calling? ( on phone) ‘c'est de la part de qui?’ ;2 ( relative) ( as subject) qui ; ( as object) que ; ( after prepositions) qui ; his friend who lives/who he sees son ami qui habite/qu'il voit ; he/she who celui/celle qui ; they ou those who ceux/celles qui ; those who have something to say should speak up now quiconque a quelque chose à dire doit le dire or ceux qui ont quelque chose à dire doivent le dire maintenant ;3 ( whoever) bring who you like tu peux amener qui tu veux ; who do you think you are? tu te prends pour qui? ; who do you think you're talking to? à qui est-ce que tu crois parler? ; who's he to tell you what to do? de quel droit est-ce qu'il te donne des ordres?
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