Breakdown of Pourquoi Marie veut-elle rester dans la maison?
Marie
Marie
elle
she
la maison
the house
dans
in
Questions & Answers about Pourquoi Marie veut-elle rester dans la maison?
Why is the verb inverted in veut-elle?
Why do we use dans la maison instead of something else like à la maison?
Why is Marie placed before veut-elle?
When you ask a question by inversion, you often have the subject (in this case, a proper noun like Marie) at the beginning, followed by the inverted form of the verb and pronoun. You can say Pourquoi Marie veut-elle…? or simply Pourquoi veut-elle…?. Mentioning Marie at the start clarifies who the subject is before performing the inversion.
Why do we keep the -t- in veut even though there’s an -elle after it?