Topic: French

"Pourquoi court-il ?"

Translation:Why is he running?

January 30, 2013

29 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/RaphaeI

    Pourquoi court-il, M. Gump?

    July 20, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/Carte_Blanche66

      I was gonna post the exact same thing!

      May 20, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/KingxFav

        Why are you running_ vine

        November 22, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/king_lolliepop78

          POURQUOI COURS-TU? POURQUOI COURS-TU?

          June 3, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/Deon15132

            Glad I'm not the only person who thought about this.

            October 10, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/tian864592

              Haha yes!

              December 11, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/saycats

                Is it typical to invert the verb with the he/she/it/I/you with questions? Like, if I was writing this, would something like "Pourquoi il court?" be wrong? Although when I try to translate that it gives me "why short" so I am confuzzed.

                May 9, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/djami_duo

                  one grammatical rule to make questions is to exchange the verb and subject positions, so "i am running" become "why am i running ?" the same rule is applicable in French so "il court " become "pourquoi court il ?" here "court" is the present simple of "courir" conjugated at the 3rd person (singular) i hope that helps!

                  May 10, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/skblogan

                    should it be cour-t-il?

                    August 17, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/n6zs
                    • 1666

                    He runs = il court. To turn it into a question, flip it around and add "why", as in "Pourquoi court-il ?" It's 3rd person singular "court".

                    December 5, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/shiny_1

                      Thank you!

                      September 30, 2015
                      https://www.duolingo.com/strnea

                        I believe the usage of -t- is only necessary between a verb ending in a vowel and the nouns that begin with a vowel. In this case, the verb courir when conjugated in singular, first person doesn't end in a vowel so the -t- "sandwich" is not needed. Could someone elucidate further?

                        Merci,

                        Nate

                        October 8, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/King2E4

                          Can one also say "pourquoi est-ce qu'il court?"?

                          September 11, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Sancte

                            how about:why he runs?

                            November 13, 2013
                            https://www.duolingo.com/ThanKwee
                            Mod

                              That's grammatically incorrect in English.

                              September 12, 2014
                              https://www.duolingo.com/fabricio

                                I had the same. should be strengthening my English instead.

                                March 26, 2015
                                https://www.duolingo.com/manmeet712120

                                  I felt it to be right as well but I was marked down for it

                                  May 29, 2018
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/cosminv6u

                                    Why 'courent ils' isn't correct ? There s no difference in pronunciation.

                                    August 12, 2014
                                    https://www.duolingo.com/nickdwyer2

                                      I got marked wrong for 'why's he running'

                                      September 22, 2015
                                      https://www.duolingo.com/n6zs
                                      • 1666

                                      Which suggests that you don't want to contract "why is" to "why's".

                                      September 30, 2015
                                      https://www.duolingo.com/uzrnamalrdytakn

                                        wouldn't "why is he rushing" also be correct?

                                        September 25, 2015
                                        https://www.duolingo.com/TechMuchHD

                                          thats what i am wondering!

                                          March 30, 2016
                                          https://www.duolingo.com/kbushell324

                                            Porquoi est'ce qu'il court?

                                            November 9, 2015
                                            https://www.duolingo.com/King2E4

                                              Sa ex-femme veut le tuer.

                                              November 10, 2015
                                              https://www.duolingo.com/PavelAntropov

                                                I wrote "he", and It said that French "il" means "it", and doesn't mean "he". But I know it does, mthfk

                                                February 14, 2016
                                                https://www.duolingo.com/EmilyW368714

                                                  He is running from post-grammatical stress disorder from not succeeding on duolingo.

                                                  March 10, 2016
                                                  https://www.duolingo.com/Coolboy975

                                                    oui,oui

                                                    April 9, 2016
                                                    https://www.duolingo.com/jasperpm

                                                      Why is it ta instead of tu?

                                                      June 29, 2016
                                                      https://www.duolingo.com/manmeet712120

                                                        Where is sitesurf

                                                        May 29, 2018
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