"Who are your parents?"

Translation: Qui sont tes parents ?

[StuffieStephie]

Why doesn't "Qui est-ce que sont tes parents ?" work? :/

[brykenway]

"Qui est-ce que" is a direct object. "Qui est-ce qui" is what you want to use if you're looking for a subject pronoun.

Qui est-ce qui veut aller. - WHO wants to go. Subject

Qui est-ce que tu connais. - WHOM do you know. Direct object of the verb "connais".

Check out the book, "The Ultimate French Review and Practice". It contains an entire section about interrogative pronouns, which I used to find very confusing. Hope that helps!

[AndreasTP]

yes indeed strange ...

[yfrenchie]

Another acceptable answer: "tes parents sont qui?"
My question, which form is used most often in spoken French?

[aurauraur]

"Qui sont tes parents" is better. I am french and " tes parents sont qui" sound very strange to me.

[samsokoloff]

Why is "qui sont votres parents" wrong?

[StuffieStephie]

Because the plural form of "votre" is "vos", not "votres"

[shiningwizard16]

J'vais appeler les services de protection de l'enfance. Il est temps d'arreter!

[mikeybarnes]

What does it mean by "'parents' is undefined"? I was under the impression all nouns in French had gender?

[shriramk]

Duo always says this when plurals are involved. I've never understood it. But at least it's correlated with plurals.

[Thich_Quang_Duc]

Is "Vos parents, qui sont-ils?" also right?

[Dindrtahl]

why doesn't "Quels sont tes parents?" work?

[MatthiDP]

Then it would have to be 'Tes parents. Lesquels sont-ils?' Quel is an adjective and always needs a noun, lequel is a pronoun and can thus be used as the predicate in a sentence with to be. You could have said 'Quels parents sont-ils?, but that means 'Which parents are they,' and this sounds weird. If you want to say 'Whose parents are they,' you'd say 'De qui sont-ils les parents,' though I'm not sure about that, would have to ask French friend...

[GuimaraesEmerson]

Could someone please help me, and answer me the difference between "Qui and Que" when I use one and when another one?

[MatthiDP]

Qui is reserved for people (who), que (or quoi if not at the beginning of the sentence) is used for things (what)

[Elmepo]

I feel silly for asking, but how come "Sont-qui tes parents" is incorrect? In french, aren't questions asked by swapping certain words around and hyphenating them?

EG: Êtes-vous plus grand (Are you taller) vs Vous êtes plus grand (You are taller).

[Orc.bbt]

What's wrong with "Qui est'ce-qui sont tes parents?"?

[Rephael1]

how do you know when to use qui and que?

[Virtue510]

is it correct if i say "qui est-ce qui sont vos parents"?. I got "qui est-ce qui sont votre parents" from Duolingo; but maybe it's because i used "votre" instead of "vos".
Thanks.