"What are they learning?"
Translation:Qu'apprennent-elles ?
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in situations where we place cards in order, I feel it would be appropriate to have a hyphen available to select, whether or not it is needed.
My understanding was that the 'standard' way to say "what" would be "qu'est-ce que". So why is it shortened to just "qu'" and then joined with the word for learning (apprennent)?
Weeks later i stumble across this question. Get it wrong the same way i did before. Still don't understand why and then realize ive already asked the same question again lol, doh
Is it because "what" (i.e. "que") ends in a vowel and the verb starts with a vowel that they're joined?
I know with another inversion example such as "Que porte-t-il" there is a similar rational but between the verb and the subject (and they use t to connect them)
I can't figure it out figure it out either. Perhaps just an error by the developers.
I don't think so. My understanding is that you can form a question using "est-ce que" or using an inversion, not both. So you could say "Qu'apprennent-elles ?" (que = what, apprennent-elles = are they learning ?"). Or you could say "Qu'est ce qu'elles apprennent" (qu(e) = what, est-ce qu(e) = is it that?, elles apprennent = they are learning).
it's feminine when all of the "they" are female and masculine when the group is mixed or all male. i think. i'm not an expert.
