Word
Le spectacle est tellement grandiose qu'il émerveille tout le monde.
Meaning
The show is so spectacular that it amazes everyone.
Part of speech
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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)
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?