Breakdown of Chante-t-il en anglais ?
Questions & Answers about Chante-t-il en anglais ?
What is that -t- doing in the middle of Chante-t-il?
When you invert a verb that ends in a vowel (like chante) and a pronoun that starts with a vowel (like il, elle, or on), you have to add a -t- between them. This makes it easier to pronounce by preventing two vowel sounds from clashing. Why are there hyphens connecting Chante, t, and il?
When you use subject-verb inversion to ask a question in French, you must connect the verb and the pronoun with a hyphen. Because we had to add the extra t here, it gets hyphens on both sides. Do I always need to add a -t- when using inversion with il or elle?
No, you only do this when the verb ends in a vowel. If the verb already ends in a written consonant, like dit (says) or vend (sells), you do not add the -t-. For example, Dit-il ? (Does he say?) just takes one hyphen. Why is it en anglais and not just anglais?
While the verb parler (to speak) can connect directly to a language (as in Il parle anglais), most other activities require the word en to mean you are doing something in that language. So, to express singing in English, you must say chanter en anglais. Learn Chante-t-il en anglais and more in French
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