Word
Est-ce que c'est celui avec qui tu as eu un rendez-vous ?
Meaning
Is he the one you had a date with?
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Est-ce que c'est celui avec qui tu as eu un rendez-vous ?
être
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
tu
you (informal singular)
ce
it / this (with être)
Questions & Answers about Est-ce que c'est celui avec qui tu as eu un rendez-vous ?
In English, we say 'the one you had a date with'. Why is the French word order so different here?
In French, you can never end a sentence or a clause with a preposition. A preposition like avec (with) must always come immediately before the relative pronoun it links to. So, instead of saying 'who you had a date with', you have to structure it as avec qui (with whom).
Could I use avec lequel or avec que here instead of avec qui?
You cannot use avec que, because the relative pronoun que is never used after prepositions. You could technically say avec lequel, but when referring to a person, it is much more natural and common to use avec qui. Lequel and its forms (laquelle, etc.) are generally reserved for referring to things or animals.
Why do we use celui in this sentence?
Does un rendez-vous always mean a romantic date?