3 May 2000

1.1.4.4 Interrogative and Exclamative Adjectives, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar


presentation of L'Huillier's work, by Corry Shores

[Subsection headings are my own]


Monique L'Huillier

Advanced French Grammar

1. Framework

1.1 Parts of Speech

1.1.4 Determiners

1.1.4.4 Interrogative and Exclamative Adjectives


(i) The Interrogative Adjectives


The interrogative adjectives are:
quel
quelle,
quels,
quelles

We use  interrogative adjectives to ask quesAlign Centretions about some noun:

for example
Quelle personne demandez-vous?
Which person are you asking for?


(ii) The Exclamative Adjectives


The exclamative adjectives are also:
quel
quelle,
quels,
quelles

We use  exclamative  adjectives to express surprise, indignation, joy, fear, and so on. They take the same forms as the exclamative adjectives.

for example:
Il ne vous a pas prévenu? Quel sans-gêne!
Didn't he warn you? What nerve!


L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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