"Lesquels sont à vous ?"

Translation: Which ones are yours?

[ACromulentName]

Why is the à required in this sentence? Would it also be correct to say lesquels sont vous?

[Sitesurf]

the preposition "à" complements the verb "être" : "être à quelqu'un" is "to belong to someone".

"lesquels sont vous" would translate in "which are you" (which does not have much sense, I think)

[ACromulentName]

Thanks. That makes sense to me.

[stefs304]

Is it possible to say 'lesquels sont vos?'

[Sitesurf]

No it is not (in English = which are your?).

You need a possessive pronoun:

• les vôtres/les tiens/les tiennes

or the à + stressed pronoun formula:

• à vous / à toi.

[YahyaZuhair]

lesquels sont vous ? does not make sense, unless you're in a fancy-dress party (fête costumée)
So you pick up the phone and ask your friend "lesquels sont vous ?"

[Sitesurf]

lesquels sont vous will never work, because the form of verb "être" for "vous" is "êtes": "lesquels êtes-vous ?"

[YahyaZuhair]

oops! my bad, I don't know how I missed that

[MBen250]

What about "Lequels sont les vôtres" ??

[Sitesurf]

There is logic here:

le|quel, la|quelle, les|quels, les|quelles

[pbhj9]

FWIW there's an English colloquialism "which are you" would be "which of these is yours". "I'm the pie" might be a response in a restaurant.

[Sitesurf]

In a French restaurant:

• "Qu'est-ce que vous avez pris/commandé ?"

Or more efficient:

• "Pour qui, la tarte ?"
• "La tarte, c'est... ?"

[jansjone]

Would "Which ones do you have?" not be correct here? In English, this seems like it would be an identical translation, but it marked my answer incorrect.

[YahyaZuhair]

I think you're confused because of "vous"
In French, both "you" and "yours" are translated to "vous"
If it was other pronoun, like "I/je" or "you/tu", it would've been translated like this
Lesquels sont à moi ? -> which ones are mine?
Lesquels sont à toi ? -> which ones are yours?

Hope this clears up the confusion.

[Sitesurf]

"which ones do you have?" would be "lesquels avez-vous ?"

[Sitesurf]

in French "which ones do you have?" is "lesquels avez-vous ?" - another sentence, another meaning, another exercise.
therefore, the simpler, the better, try and stick to the original language for your translations.

[MartBro]

a vous emphasises the ownership more

[Patch86UK]

Would the literal translation be "which ones have you?". If so, that's fairly easy to remember as that is archaic, but none the less understandable English.

I know literal translations are often a red herring, but i find them useful for remembering things than trying to do it by rote.

[n6zs]

No, the "à" is not a conjugation of "avoir". It is the preposition à and in the expression "à vous", it means "yours".

[mattgrovesdc]

I keep forgetting this! :)

[Sitesurf]

"which ones have you" would rather translate "lesquels avez-vous ?"

[lucsb]

why not "which ones are for you?"

[kmellis10]

Could this also be "Which of these are yours?"

[ManasaIyer]

Why couldnt it be "Lesquels sont votres?" instead of "à vous?"

[n6zs]

It needs to be "les vôtres" as a pronoun = yours. There is no "votres" in French.

[YahiaEssam]

Could it be " lesques sont les vôtres? " or " lesquels sont les tienes? " ??

[Sitesurf]

All these are correct: lesquels sont les vôtres, lesquels sont les tiens, lesquelles sont les vôtres, lesquelles sont les tiennes.

[KyleStodda]

Why did duolingo count it wrong when i didn't voice the s in sont? Could it be taken as some other word?

[Gigi46952]

I was unable to hear the last word. (male voice)

[DanielB2019]

Same here - I listened several times; can't hear it at all. I reported it, but I don't think they can change the recordings too easily.

[Alexis.Con40]

Duolingo did not accept my answer because I forgot a question mark.

[Tunas]

Would "lesquels sont vos" be wrong?

[Sitesurf]

yes, because "your" translates in "vos" all right but "yours" translates in "le vôtre" or "les vôtres".

[manyworlds]

so you could have "lesquels sont les votres" as well?

[Sitesurf]

Yes, absolutely "lesquels (or depending on context: lesquelles) sont les vôtres (les tiens) ?" is interchangeable with "lesquelles sont à vous (à toi) ?"

[hippoman13]

Shouldn't "Which ones do you have" work too?

[Sitesurf]

yes, it works, but the objective of this exercise is to teach how to use "à moi, à toi, à vous ..." to mean possession.

[n6zs]

You may be confusing the " a " with " à ". The first is "have" (conjugation of avoir); the second in the expression "à vous" means "yours".

[coraliance]

Why isn't 'which ones are from you?' accepted. It's a rather literal translation but why is it incorrect?

[Sitesurf]

"from" is not a preposition you can use to indicate possession.

[reuhop]

I feel like Duolingo jumped to fat in skill level for this one

[TMBMT]

why is it some of these phrases are impossible to get the voicerec to accept while others with the same words are instantly recognized? I do not seem to have this problem in the Spanish or German lessons, butrun into it quite often in French

[TMBMT]

I was ony able to get this one to recognize each word by speaking like a very angry old Frenchman.

[VarlanAlla]

I wrote, "Which are belonging to you?

Is that not the same thing?

[TommyGroovy]

Why is "Which ones are to you" incorrect?

[AnneSofieJ]

Why is "which ones belong to you?" not a correct translation?

[Sue317565]

How to distinguish between which ones are yours and which ones are to you?