ce que

See also: ceque

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə kə/, /sk(ə)/
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Pronoun

ce que

  1. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
    C’est ce que font les gens bien.
    This is what good people do.
    Cela n’est pas ce que je voulais.
    That isn't what I wanted.
    Il avait bien conscience de ce qu’il avait fait.
    He knew perfectly well what he had done.
    Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit.
    What the king says is true, because the king says it.
    A est à B ce que C est à D ― A is to B as C is to D
  2. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
    Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ?
    Do you know what he says?
    Savez-vous ce que vous faites ?
    Do you know what you're doing?

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