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Quand est-ce que tu finis tous les exercices ?

Quand est-ce que tu finis tous les exercices ?
When do you finish all the exercises?
From Lesson 76:The indefinite adjective (tout, tous)·French

Questions & Answers about Quand est-ce que tu finis tous les exercices ?

Why is it tous and not tout or toutes here?
Tous is the masculine plural form of tout (all). It has to match the gender and number of the noun it describes. Because exercice is a masculine word and it is plural here (les exercices), we use tous.
Do I pronounce the "s" at the end of tous in this sentence?
No, the "s" is silent here. When tous is used as an adjective followed by a noun (meaning "all of the..."), you pronounce it like "too". You only pronounce the "s" (like "tooss") when tous is used all by itself as a pronoun, meaning "all of them" or "everyone".
Why do we say Quand est-ce que instead of just Quand?
Est-ce que acts like a question marker. While you could say Quand finis-tu... by swapping the verb and subject, adding est-ce que directly after Quand is very common in everyday spoken French. It lets you keep the normal tu finis (subject + verb) word order.
Is finis an irregular verb?
No, finir (to finish) is a regular -ir verb. To make the tu form in the present tense, you drop the -ir from the infinitive and add -is, giving you tu finis.

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