Breakdown of En ce qui concerne la conception, nous répartissons les responsabilités.
nous
we / us (object pronoun)
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
en ce qui concerne
regarding
répartir
to distribute (divide up, allocate)
la responsabilité
the responsibility
la conception
the design
Questions & Answers about En ce qui concerne la conception, nous répartissons les responsabilités.
Could I use quant à instead of en ce qui concerne in this sentence?
Yes, you could say quant à la conception. Both mean "regarding" or "as for." However, en ce qui concerne is very common in professional or formal contexts to introduce a topic. Quant à is often used to draw a contrast with something that was just said (for example, if someone had just finished talking about the budget, you could use quant à to say "As for the design...").
I thought the French word for "design" was just le design. Why use la conception here?
Le design is mostly used for the visual, aesthetic, or stylistic appearance of a product. La conception refers to the broader structural design, conceptualization, or engineering phase of a project, which fits perfectly in a business context where project responsibilities are being divided up.
Is the verb répartir conjugated like partir (to leave)?
No, and this is a classic trap! Répartir (to distribute) is a regular second-group verb like finir, which is why it takes the double 's' in the nous form: répartissons. Be careful not to confuse it with repartir (without the accent, meaning "to leave again"), which is a third-group verb conjugated just like partir.
Can I put en ce qui concerne la conception at the end of the sentence?
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