Word
C'est ce professeur dont l'épouse est jalouse qui parle.
Meaning
It is this teacher whose wife is jealous who is speaking.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of C'est ce professeur dont l'épouse est jalouse qui parle.
être
to be
le professeur
the teacher
qui
who
ce
this (before a noun)
Questions & Answers about C'est ce professeur dont l'épouse est jalouse qui parle.
Why is it dont l'épouse and not just dont épouse like 'whose wife' in English?
Why do we have both dont and qui in the same sentence?
Why is jalouse feminine here? Does it agree with the teacher or the wife?
It agrees with l'épouse (the wife), which is feminine. Even though she is the wife of the teacher (who is masculine), the adjective always describes the subject of its own clause. Since the wife is the one who is jealous, we use the feminine form jalouse.
The structure C'est ... qui parle feels a bit wordy. Why not just say Ce professeur dont l'épouse est jalouse parle?