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Comment est-ce que vous gouverneriez ce monde idéal ?

Comment est-ce que vous gouverneriez ce monde idéal ?
How would you govern this ideal world?
From Lesson 139:The present conditional (-rais, -rait...)·French

Questions & Answers about Comment est-ce que vous gouverneriez ce monde idéal ?

How is gouverneriez formed in the conditional here?
It uses the future stem of the regular -er verb gouverner (to govern), which is simply the full infinitive gouverner. Then, we add the imparfait ending for vous, which is -iez, creating gouverneriez (would govern).
Could I use inversion for this question instead of est-ce que?
Yes! While Comment est-ce que vous gouverneriez... is very common in everyday French because it keeps the standard subject-verb word order, you can also flip the verb and subject to say Comment gouverneriez-vous.... That version sounds a bit more formal and is great for writing.
Why do we use ce for "this" in ce monde instead of cet?
The word monde (world) is a masculine noun that starts with a consonant, so it uses the standard masculine demonstrative adjective ce. The form cet is only used for masculine nouns that start with a vowel or a mute H, to make pronunciation smoother.
Why is the adjective idéal placed after the noun monde?
Most French adjectives go after the noun they describe. Only a specific small group of adjectives relating to beauty, age, goodness, or size (often remembered by the acronym BAGS) typically go before the noun. Because idéal does not belong to that short list, it follows normal placement after monde.

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