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"Which girl brings a cake?"
Translation:Quelle fille apporte un gâteau ?
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In a question:
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"quelle": is an interrogative adjective, which means that it comes before a noun (here: "Which girl... ?")
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"laquelle": is an interrogative pronoun, which means that it replaces a noun (for example: "Laquelle veux-tu?" for "Which one do you want?")
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No, "one" is a pronoun (which means that it replaces a noun).
For example:
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"I have apples. Which one do you want" = "J'ai des pommes. Laquelle veux-tu ?": here "one" comes after "which" and is used to talk about one the the apples.
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"Which apple do you want?" = "Quelle pomme veux-tu ?": here, "which" is followed by the noun "apple".
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"bring" translates to "apporter" (or "amener"), which means that the subject takes something to one place to another place.
"prendre" is the translation of "to take", and does not mean exactly the same as "bring": indeed, it describes the action of taking something, but does not really have the notion of "bringing" it from one place to another one.