pourquoi

/puʁ.kwa/

adverb #74 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

why

Examples

' ?

Why didn't you come last night?

I don't know why she left so quickly.

But why are you telling me this now?

comment

how; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification)

où

where, in which (interrogative and relative adverb)

quand

when

qui

who, which, that (relative pronoun); who? (interrogative)

quoi

what (interrogative and emphatic)

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This word is part of lesson 2.