Learn French: Le meneur demande ce que nous voulons faire. - The gamemaster asks what we want to do.

Le meneur demande ce que nous voulons faire.

The gamemaster asks what we want to do.

Breakdown of Le meneur demande ce que nous voulons faire.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

to ask (for) / to require / demand

Questions & Answers about Le meneur demande ce que nous voulons faire.

Since the current lesson is about lequel / laquelle, why aren't we using one of those here to mean 'what'?

Lequel (which / which one) is used when you need to point back to a specific, previously mentioned noun (an antecedent). In this sentence, there is no specific noun being referred to. When 'what' means 'the thing that' or 'that which,' you must use the indefinite relative pronoun ce que (or ce qui if it's the subject).

Why can't I translate 'asks what' directly as demande quoi?

While quoi does mean 'what', it cannot be used as a conjunction to introduce an indirect question. In French, you must use ce que (literally 'that which') whenever 'what' acts as the direct object of the verb in the following clause (nous voulons faire).

I learned that meneur means 'leader' or 'ringleader.' How does it mean 'gamemaster'?

In the context of tabletop roleplaying games, the gamemaster is called le meneur de jeu (literally 'the game leader'), which is frequently shortened to just le meneur. It's the same core meaning of 'one who leads,' just applied to a specific modern context.

Why isn't there any subject-verb inversion after ce que?