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Quand est-ce que tous les membres de l'équipe arrivent ?

Quand est-ce que tous les membres de l'équipe arrivent ?
When do all the team members arrive?
From Lesson 76:The indefinite adjective (tout, tous)·French

Questions & Answers about Quand est-ce que tous les membres de l'équipe arrivent ?

Why is it tous here instead of tout?
Tous has to agree with the noun it describes. Because the word for member (un membre) is masculine and it is plural here (les membres), you need the masculine plural form: tous. The structure is always tout (in its correct form) + the definite article (le, la, les) + the noun.
Do you pronounce the s at the end of tous here?
No. When tous is used as an adjective right before a noun (like tous les membres), the s is completely silent. It sounds just like tout. You only pronounce the s when tous stands alone as a pronoun to mean everyone.
Why do we put est-ce que after Quand?
Adding est-ce que is a very standard way to form questions in spoken French. When asking a question with words like who, what, or when, you just put the question word (Quand) in front of est-ce que. This allows you to keep the rest of the sentence in normal subject-verb order: tous les membres arrivent.
Why is there an -ent on arrivent and how do I say it?
The subject doing the arriving is tous les membres (all the members), which equals they (ils). Therefore, the verb arriver (to arrive) takes the third-person plural ending -ent. Remember that the -ent ending on French verbs is always silent! You just pronounce it like arrive.

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