Breakdown of C'est celle avec qui tu as beaucoup de choses en commun.
être
to be
tu
you (informal singular)
ce
it / this (with être)
la chose
the thing
Questions & Answers about C'est celle avec qui tu as beaucoup de choses en commun.
Why is avec in the middle of the sentence when 'with' is at the end in English?
In French, you can never leave a preposition like avec dangling at the end of a sentence. It must be placed directly before the relative pronoun. The French structure avec qui literally translates to the formal English 'with whom'.
Why do we use qui here instead of que?
While qui usually acts as a subject pronoun meaning 'who', the rules change after a preposition. After prepositions like avec, pour, or à, qui is used to mean 'whom' whenever you are referring to a person.
What exactly does celle mean here, and why wouldn't we use celui?
Since choses is plural, why is it beaucoup de choses and not beaucoup des choses?