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[molten veldt]

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[obtuse crane]

You mean like a sentence where you'd have "quel" and "est-ce que" right next to each other?

I can't think of an instance where that would be grammatical

[proper valley]

you would say "qu'est-ce que" in that case, i think

[calm hedge]

Here an example

[exotic jungle]

what confuses you about the explanation?

it's when it's paired with a noun, as it says

[fallen crown]

You don't put 'est-ce que' after 'quel/quelle/etc'.

You put it after the noun that follows 'quel/quelle/etc'.

The four words on the very left mean 'which' (welcher/welches/welche).

So combined, it would give you:

Quelle voiture est-ce que ...
Welches Auto ist es, das ...

[calm hedge]

Thanks, but how do I find out when to take est-ce Que and when not, because without est-ce Que also uses the noun

[fallen crown]

Comparable to German (which is true for a lot of French grammar). The two options are therefore:

Quelle voiture est-ce que ...
Welches Auto ist es, das ...
and
Quelle est ma voiture ?
Welches ist mein Auto?

I hope the difference makes sense in that context.

[calm hedge]

But don’t the two sentences have a different meaning

[fallen crown]

Yep!

Much like they do in German.

[calm hedge]

I still didn’t quite get when I use est ce Que and when not

[fallen crown]

You use 'est-ce que' when you'd say 'ist es, der/die/das'.

Just as it would translate word for word.

Welches Auto ist es, das mein (Auto).
This makes no sense in either language.

[calm hedge]

Ohh I understand

Im going to try a few exercises tomorrow and give you a feedback 👍

[fallen crown]

Sounds good. ^^

[calm hedge]

Would it be right saying: Quel animaux est - ce que rouge?

And

Quel animaux est rouge?

[fallen crown]

Welches Tier ist es, das rot.

Only the second one works.

[calm hedge]

What about without etre or est-ce que

[fallen crown]

Neither would work without them.

[proper valley]

est-ce que basically just marks a question, it has little meaning on it's own

"nous allons au zoo. quels animaux est-ce que vous voulez voir?"

a less formal way of saying it would just be "vous voulez voir quels animaux"