"À cause de qui ?"

Translation: Because of whom?

[bgavula]

What is the difference between "à cause de" and "parce que"? Would it ever be correct to say "parce que de" to mean "because of"?

[K333222]

Answer to this question is provided in another thread. I'm quoting here the person who gave this answer:

-- "À cause de is used when it is [because of] a noun, parce que is used when there is [because] some sentence (verb involved):

À cause de ton serpent - Because of [your snake] - your snake is a noun. Parce que ton serpent a mangé tout le fromage - Because [your snake ate all the cheese]

À cause de ma faim - Because of [my hunger]. Parce que j'ai faim! - Because [I am hungry]!" --

[declanp45]

cheers

[Downton]

Will it be pronounced "aah-kohz duh kee?"

[porquepuedo]

Oui.

[GeoffBarre]

Would "Caused by whom?" be an acceptable translation of this? I thought that "À cause de" focused on the root cause of something, more so than "parce que" or "car". Am I inventing usage cases here?

[crbratu]

"caused by" should be a valid translation, at least in cases as "i have a headache - caused by whom?" (j'ai une migraine - à cause de qui?), but there are other cases when "because of" is more suitable "I am unemployed - because of whom?" (je suis au chomage - à cause de qui?)

[emptyeyed]

Shouldn't "because of who?" be acceptable as well? I only ever use or see "whom" used in English papers.

[pjbf1979]

It's used colloquially but isn't grammatically correct. If you can substitute the word "him" or "her" in place of "who/whom" it should be "whom". If you would need to use "he" or "she" then it is "who"

"For whom does the bell toll?"
"[It tolls] for him"

"Who goes there?"
"She [does]"

[blackdaniels]

I think the shift from colloquial to standard began a good while ago and "who" is certainly understood and accepted in both speech and writing these days. In fact, I would dare say using "whom" would count as marked language, standing out when in use (not as an error, simply as a somewhat outdated form).

[ThanKwee]

Indeed. In fact, DUO now accepts "Because of who?"

[flint72]

Not in a school or university setting anyway, it wouldn't be acceptable. I would never dare say or write "to who".

[Wonderboy6]

is there another way this can be worded and still be correct?

[johnsons531]

can it be "due to who"? I always thought of it as "due to the cause of".

[the.worst.horse]

Why isn't "Because of that?" acceptable?

[ThanKwee]

"Because of that" = "À cause de ça" or "À cause de cela"

[Farfelu]

I thought I knew this one - but I was wrong. I said "Whose fault?" thinking "a cause de" implied fault. A native speaker seemed to imply that to me. Could someone help me out here?

[ThanKwee]

"à cause de" means "because of" and it's often used for negative situations/consequences. However, it doesn't necessarily imply "fault". http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/a-cause-de.htm

[Farfelu]

Thanks very much!

[Feeniqs]

[So that I can incinerate him/her...]

[Dan906195]

Sounds like she says, "À quand", rather than "À cause". Is it an error?

[ThanKwee]

It sounds like "à cause de" to me. Here's what "quand" sounds like = (pronounced by native speakers) http://www.forvo.com/search/quand/

Here's "cause" = http://www.forvo.com/search/cause/fr/

[Farfelu]

I hear, "Uh coze duh"

[Dieuadieu]

Is anyone else hearing "À cause de TEE" or "CHEE"? Instead of "KEE"? I had this problem in the listening/write in French exercise with the same sentence too.

[GaiaRomero]

What is the difference between "À cause de" and "car"
Because I've seen in duolingo that "car" means "because". It all depends on the meaning?

[ThanKwee]

"À cause de" means "because of". "Car" and "parce que" mean "because".