/u/
Translation
where, in which (interrogative and relative adverb)
Word origin
The conjunction ('or') is from Latin aut ('or'); the adverb 'ou' with a grave accent ('where') is from Latin ubi. Both reduced to the same spoken form in Old French.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- aut
Examples
- lunettes ?
Where did you put my glasses?
j' grandi .
The town where I grew up is by the sea.
.
I don't know where he went.
- j' lunettes ?
Do you know where I put my sunglasses?
C' .
This is the village where I was born.
Used in
Stories
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(7)French Advanced Grammar (C1-C2): The Constructions That Sound Native
French Conditionnel: Polite Requests, Hypothetical 'Would', and the Same Irregular Stems as the Future
Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
French Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2): The Things That Stop You at the Plateau
French Possessives: mon, ma, mes and the mon-Before-Vowel Trap
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
French Relative Pronouns: qui, que, dont, où and How to Glue Clauses Together
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