Breakdown of Quant à lui, il a délégué la mise en œuvre sans nous consulter.
il
he
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
lui
him / to him / to her (indirect object)
sans
without
avoir
to have
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
consulter
to consult
quant à
as for
déléguer
to delegate
la mise en œuvre
the implementation
Questions & Answers about Quant à lui, il a délégué la mise en œuvre sans nous consulter.
Why do we use lui after quant à instead of il?
Quant à (as for) functions as a preposition. In French, prepositions must always be followed by a stressed pronoun (also called a disjunctive pronoun), such as moi, toi, lui, or elle. You cannot use a subject pronoun like il directly after a preposition.
Could I use the other phrase from this lesson, en ce qui concerne, to say the same thing?
Yes, but the grammar structure changes. You would say En ce qui le concerne (Regarding him / As far as he is concerned). Because concerne is a verb, it requires the direct object pronoun le placed before it, rather than taking the stressed pronoun lui.
Where does the noun phrase la mise en œuvre come from?
Why is it sans nous consulter instead of using a conjugated verb?
In French, when a preposition like sans (without), pour (for/in order to), or de (of/to) is followed directly by an action, that verb must remain in the infinitive form (consulter). The object pronoun nous is always placed directly before the infinitive it belongs to.
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