mikkkie

[grim magnet]

Please be patient

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[carmine cairn]

No that doesn’t make sense, what are you trying to say?

[outer sentinel]

'Who are you saying that is coming?'

[carmine cairn]

Who are you saying is coming?

?

[outer sentinel]

Try to read the sentence with a necessary intionation, it's like a repetition

[outer sentinel]

In english it seems to be like that. What about French? Would it work the same way? Qui tu dis veut venir?

[carmine cairn]

The English sentence you gave doesn’t make sense to me.

“Who are you saying is coming?” Could translate to “tu dis que c’est qui qui vient ?” But tbh that’s just not great

[woven ether]

this isn't an exact translation, but what about saying « Qui va venir selon toi ? »

[outer sentinel]

What are the possibilities of leaving out the qui at the beginning of the sentence?

[outer sentinel]

Thank you for your paraphrased option, but I'm not looking for the 'better' option of saying the idea expressed in the aforementioned sentence. I'd like to get acceptability judgement from the natives, even if they might not like it.

[carmine cairn]

This is a much more natural way to state it

[echo anchor]

"y'a qui qui vient déjà ?"
That's how I would say "who did you say was coming?"

[carmine cairn]

Le problème là, c’est qu’on sait pas à qui tu pose la question. Mais c’est effectivement très naturel on est d’accord

[cursive sun]

This isn't an easy one. I'm pretty sure "Qui sont ceux que t'as dit qui viennent?" is grammatically correct and what you're looking for. But, granted, it's super convoluted.

Your first sentence is like saying "who you say who wants to come", I don't think it's correct.

"Qui tu dis veut venir" is also missing something I think.
Qui est-ce que tu dis veut venir seems correct to me but it's hard to say even as a fluent person

"Qui tu dis veut venir" might actually work orally with the right intonation. Really hard to tell sorry

[undone birch]

“D’après toi, qui va venir?” does this sound natural?