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I know that “Que se passe-t-il?” means “What’s going on?” but what’s that t-il at the end? why is that there? What does THAT mean?
I know that “Que se passe-t-il?” means “What’s going on?” but what’s that t-il at the end? why is that there? What does THAT mean?
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in french, subject and verb change places in the question form the same way it does in english. Here, « il se passe (...) » would become « que se passe-il», but the -t- is added to make it sound better. Similarly, « il pense » becomes « pense-t-il? », and « il aime » becomes « aime-t-il ? »
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