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Le panel va-t-il évaluer ce produit aujourd'hui ?

Le panel va-t-il évaluer ce produit aujourd'hui ?
Is the panel going to evaluate this product today?
From Lesson 228:Formal questions with noun subjects·French

Questions & Answers about Le panel va-t-il évaluer ce produit aujourd'hui ?

Why does this sentence have both Le panel and il?
This is called complex inversion, a structure used for formal questions. When the subject is a noun like Le panel, you cannot just invert it with the verb. Instead, you state the noun subject first, then the verb (va), and then attach the matching pronoun (il) to the verb with hyphens.
What is the -t- doing in va-t-il?
It is added purely to make the phrase easier to pronounce. The verb va ends in a vowel, and the pronoun il begins with one. To prevent those two vowel sounds from awkwardly crashing into each other, French inserts a -t-.
Why is the infinitive évaluer used instead of a conjugated form?
This question uses the near future tense. In French, to ask if someone is "going to do" something, you conjugate the verb aller (here it is va) and leave the main action verb in its dictionary form, or infinitive (évaluer).
Could I say Ce produit using cet instead?
No, because produit is a masculine noun that starts with a consonant. The form cet also means "this", but it is strictly used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel or a silent H (like cet homme) to help with pronunciation.

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