Breakdown of Pourquoi le panel a-t-il rejeté l'emballage ?
il
he
avoir
to have
pourquoi
why
rejeter
to reject
Questions & Answers about Pourquoi le panel a-t-il rejeté l'emballage ?
Why do we say le panel a-t-il instead of just a le panel?
This is called complex inversion. When you form a formal question by inverting the subject and verb, but the subject is a noun (le panel) instead of a pronoun, you cannot just swap them. You must state the noun first, then the verb (a), and finally add a matching pronoun (il) attached with a hyphen.
What is the purpose of the -t- in a-t-il?
Why doesn't the past participle move during this inversion?
Why does rejeté only have one t when the present tense je rejette has two?