"Pourquoi court-il ?"

Translation: Why is he running?

[RaphaeI]

Pourquoi court-il, M. Gump?

[Carte_Blanche66]

I was gonna post the exact same thing!

[KingxFav]

Why are you running_ vine

[king_lolliepop78]

POURQUOI COURS-TU? POURQUOI COURS-TU?

[FourQuad]

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

[tian864592]

Haha yes!

[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.

[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!

[skblogan]

should it be cour-t-il?

[n6zs]

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".

[shiny_1]

Thank you!

[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

[King2E4]

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

[Sancte]

how about:why he runs?

[ThanKwee]

That's grammatically incorrect in English.

[fabricio]

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

[manmeet712120]

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

[cosminv6u]

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

[nickdwyer2]

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

[n6zs]

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

[uzrnamalrdytakn]

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

[TechMuchHD]

thats what i am wondering!

[kbushell324]

Porquoi est'ce qu'il court?

[King2E4]

Sa ex-femme veut le tuer.

[PavelAntropov]

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

[EmilyW368714]

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

[Coolboy975]

oui,oui

[jasperpm]

Why is it ta instead of tu?

[manmeet712120]

Where is sitesurf