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cobalt drumBOT Jan 26, 2024, 2:34 AM

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tribal wing Jan 26, 2024, 2:44 AM

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Sounds like stylistic inversion after a relative pronoun.
https://learnfrenchavecmoi.wordpress.com/tag/complex-inversion/
https://www.madbeppo.com/french-language/que-etc-and-inversion/

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Inversion of noun subject and verb in subordinate clauses in French: clauses introduced by que (whether the relative pronoun or the conjunction)

torn cargo Jan 26, 2024, 2:48 AM

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Because it is. It's common enough, especially in litterature or formal writing.

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It also comes up in oral speech from time to time.

sick gust Jan 26, 2024, 2:53 AM

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the inversion

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?

torn cargo Jan 26, 2024, 2:53 AM

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Yes.

sick gust Jan 26, 2024, 2:53 AM

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hmm i was originally thought it was inversion

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but i then thought the sentence was just structed differently

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i guess because they used que

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i shouldnt have thought that

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thank you

torn cargo Jan 26, 2024, 3:00 AM

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Also, voici que introduces an event that starts happening. Like "now" or "here", it's kinda similar to lo and behold.

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