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When organizing projects or delegating tasks, you often need to shift focus from one topic or person to another. French uses two common prepositional phrases to make these transitions smoothly in formal and professional settings.

### *En ce qui concerne* (Regarding)

**En ce qui concerne** translates to "regarding," "concerning," or "as far as ... is concerned." Use it to introduce a new topic or to shift attention to a specific aspect of a plan.

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### *Quant à* (As for)

**Quant à** translates to "as for." It is often used to establish a contrast, such as when assigning different roles to different people or evaluating different phases of a project.

Because it ends with the preposition **à**, you must use stressed pronouns (like **moi**, **lui**, or **vous**) when referring to people.

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Keep in mind that **à** must also contract with definite articles (**le** and **les**) to form **quant au** and **quant aux**. It does not contract with **la**.

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### Managing Projects

These phrases are highly common in professional environments. You will hear them frequently when managing a team or evaluating specifications (**le cahier des charges**), timelines (**l'échéancier**), and implementation (**la mise en œuvre**).

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Regarding and as for (quant à)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular 'to be' and indefinite articles (je suis un...)

Singular definite articles (le, la, l')

Identifying vs. describing (c'est vs. il est)

Feminine adjective agreement (+e)

Plural pronouns and 'to be' (nous sommes, vous êtes)

Formal and informal you (tu vs. vous)

Plural nouns and indefinite articles (des... -s)

Plural definite articles (les)

Plural adjective agreement (+s)

Stressed pronouns (moi, toi, lui)

The verb "to have" singular (j'ai, tu as, il a)

The verb "to have" plural (nous avons, vous avez, ils ont)

There is / there are (il y a)

Basic verbal negation (ne... pas)

Negating "there is" (il n'y a pas de)

Regular -er verbs singular (je parle, tu parles, il parle)

Regular -er verbs plural (nous parlons, vous parlez, ils parlent)

The verb "to be called" (s'appeler)

Yes/no questions with intonation (Tu parles ?)

Yes/no questions with "Est-ce que" (Est-ce que tu parles ?)

Informal questions (qui, que, quoi)

Standard questions (est-ce que)

Singular possessives (mon, ton, son)

Plural possessives (notre, votre, leur)

Demonstrative adjectives (ce, cet, cette, ces)

Adjective placement

Numbers 1 to 20

Numbers 21 to 100

Age and physical states (avoir)

The verb to go (aller)

The preposition to/at (à, au, aux)

Question word for location (où)

Prepositions for cities and countries (à, en, au, aux)

The verb to come (venir)

The preposition from/of (de, du, des)

Question word for origin (d'où)

The verb to do/make (faire)

Days of the week (lundi, mardi)

Telling time (il est... heure)

Question words for time (quand, à quelle heure)

The verb to take or have (prendre)

The verb to drink (boire)

Partitive articles (du, de la, de l')

Zero quantity (pas de)

Expressions of quantity (un peu de, beaucoup de)

Asking how much or how many (combien, combien de)

Very vs. a lot (très, beaucoup)

The verb to want (vouloir)

Polite requests (je voudrais)

The verb to be able to (pouvoir)

Obligation (devoir)

General obligation (il faut)

Why and because (pourquoi, parce que)

Expressing purpose (pour)

Reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nous, vous)

Daily routine verbs (se lever, s'habiller)

Adverbs of frequency (parfois, rarement)

Never (ne... jamais)

Regular -ir verbs (choisir, finir)

Regular -re verbs (attendre, répondre)

Irregular -ir verbs (sortir, partir, dormir)

Informal 'we' (on)

The imperative mood

Direct object pronouns (le, la, les, l')

The near future (aller + infinitive)

The recent past (venir de + infinitive)

The passé composé with avoir

Irregular past participles (eu, été, fait, pris, vu)

The passé composé with être

The negative passé composé (ne ... pas)

Saying goodbye

Please, sorry and thank you

Which / what (quel)

The indefinite adjective (tout, tous)

Irregular feminine adjectives (-euse, -ve)

Double consonant adjectives (-enne, -ette)

Feminine adjective endings (-ère, -trice)

Irregular plurals (-x)

Plurals ending in -al (-aux)

Present tense stem changes (e to è)

Accent stem changes (é to è)

Double consonant verbs (appeler, jeter)

Verbs ending in -yer (payer, envoyer)

Irregular communication verbs (dire, lire)

Irregular action verbs (écrire, mettre)

Question	Answer
regarding	en ce qui concerne
to distribute (divide up, allocate)	répartir
Regarding this project, we are going to distribute the tasks among certain employees.	En ce qui concerne ce projet, nous allons répartir les tâches entre certains employés.
as for	quant à
As for me, I distribute a task to each one.	Quant à moi, je distribue une tâche à chacun.
the responsibility	la responsabilité
As for the responsibility of the project, it is enormous.	Quant à la responsabilité du projet, elle est énorme.
to supervise (oversee a project or team)	superviser
As for you, you can supervise the team without having the responsibility for it.	Quant à vous, vous pouvez superviser l'équipe sans en avoir la responsabilité.
to delegate	déléguer
Regarding the team, it is better to delegate than to supervise.	En ce qui concerne l'équipe, il vaut mieux déléguer que superviser.
the implementation	la mise en œuvre
As for him, he delegated the implementation without consulting us.	Quant à lui, il a délégué la mise en œuvre sans nous consulter.
the timeline (m)	l'échéancier
The project is good; however, regarding the timeline, we are late.	Le projet est bon ; cependant, en ce qui concerne l'échéancier, nous sommes en retard.
the design	la conception
As for the design, it respects the timeline perfectly.	Quant à la conception, elle respecte parfaitement l'échéancier.
the specifications	le cahier des charges
As for the implementation, do you respect the specifications?	Quant à la mise en œuvre, respectez-vous le cahier des charges ?
Regarding the specifications, who is going to draft them?	En ce qui concerne le cahier des charges, qui va le rédiger ?
Regarding the design, we distribute the responsibilities.	En ce qui concerne la conception, nous répartissons les responsabilités.
about, concerning	à propos de
I wanted to talk to you about your work.	Je voulais te parler à propos de ton travail.
About the meeting, it is cancelled.	À propos de la réunion, elle est annulée.

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