Learn French: Voici la fin dont le réalisateur est très fier. - Here is the ending the director is very proud of.

Voici la fin dont le réalisateur est très fier.

Here is the ending the director is very proud of.

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Why do we use dont here instead of que?

To say you are proud of something in French, you use the phrase être fier de. Because the original idea is le réalisateur est fier de la fin, we must use dont to replace de + la fin. You would use que if the verb or adjective didn't require de.

Where is the word 'of' in the French sentence?

In English, we often leave prepositions at the end of a sentence ('the ending the director is proud of'). French doesn't allow dangling prepositions. The relative pronoun dont translates roughly to 'of which', effectively bringing the 'of' concept to the beginning of the clause.

What is the rule for word order after dont?

After dont, you must use the standard subject-verb order. It is immediately followed by the subject (le réalisateur) and then the verb (est).

Would fier change if the director were a woman?

Yes! If the director were female, the noun would be la réalisatrice. Because fier is an adjective describing the director, it would also become feminine: Voici la fin dont la réalisatrice est très fière.