Breakdown of Le spectacle est tellement grandiose qu'il émerveille tout le monde.
être
to be
il
he
tout le monde
everybody
que
that (introducing a clause)
le spectacle
the show, performance
tellement
so much / so
grandiose
spectacular (grand, majestic)
émerveiller
to amaze
Questions & Answers about Le spectacle est tellement grandiose qu'il émerveille tout le monde.
Since this lesson focuses on exclamations, how could I rewrite the first part of this sentence as an exclamation?
To exclaim 'How spectacular the show is!', you could use the structures from this lesson: Comme le spectacle est grandiose !, Que le spectacle est grandiose !, or Ce que le spectacle est grandiose ! The sentence above uses tellement... que to express that same high intensity, but specifically to link it to a consequence.
Does the qu' (que) in this sentence function as an exclamative word?
No, here que acts as a conjunction introducing a result. Paired with tellement, the structure tellement... que translates to 'so... that'. While que can mean 'how' at the start of an exclamative sentence (like Que c'est grandiose !), in the middle of this sentence it simply means 'that'.
Could I use si or très instead of tellement here?
You can use si (est si grandiose qu'il...), because both si... que and tellement... que mean 'so... that' and are grammatically correct here. However, you cannot use très (very). A common English speaker mistake is trying to say très grandiose que, but in French, très cannot trigger a que clause to show a consequence.
How can I easily remember the meaning of the verb émerveille?
Look at its root: it comes from the noun une merveille (a marvel or a wonder). By adding the prefix é- and the verb ending -er, it becomes émerveiller, which literally means 'to fill with wonder' or 'to amaze'. Spotting these word families is a highly effective way to expand your vocabulary at the B2 level.
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