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Où est-ce que vous mettez la souris ?

Où est-ce que vous mettez la souris ?
Where do you put the mouse?
From Lesson 87:Irregular action verbs (écrire, mettre)·French

Questions & Answers about Où est-ce que vous mettez la souris ?

Why does mettez have a double 't' when singular forms like je mets only have one?
You spotted the pattern! The verb mettre (to put) is irregular. In the singular forms (je mets, tu mets, il/elle met), it drops one 't'. But in the plural forms, it keeps the double 't' from the infinitive: nous mettons, vous mettez, ils/elles mettent.
Can I just ask this by saying Où mettez-vous la souris ? instead?
Yes, you can. Où mettez-vous la souris ? uses a structure called inversion (swapping the verb and subject pronoun), which sounds a bit more formal. Adding est-ce que after the question word Où is the standard, most common way to ask a question in everyday spoken French.
Does la souris mean a computer mouse or a live mouse here?
It can mean either, just like in English! French uses the exact same word, la souris, for both the little animal and the computer accessory. You have to rely on context to know which one someone is talking about.
Why is there an 's' at the end of souris if it is just one single mouse?
Some French words naturally end in an -s even in their singular form. Because it already ends in an -s, the spelling doesn't change at all when it becomes plural. One mouse is la souris, and two mice are les souris.

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