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It can be replaced by "ou bien" (or, else). | It can be replaced by "ou bien" (or, else). | ||
*Example: Je veux du fromage '''ou''' rien du tout. --> Je veux du fromage <span style="color: | *Example: Je veux du fromage '''ou''' rien du tout. --> Je veux du fromage <span style="color:green;">'''ou bien'''</span> rien du tout. | ||
==où== | ==où== | ||
Revision as of 14:17, 31 October 2016
When use Ou or Où in French?
ou
It's a coordinating conjunction. It expresses a choice between one or more things and is used in an affirmative sentence.
It can be replaced by "ou bien" (or, else).
- Example: Je veux du fromage ou rien du tout. --> Je veux du fromage ou bien rien du tout.
où
It's an interrogative adverb, or subordinating relative pronoun, it indicates a location or time.
It's an interrogative adverb in direct interrogative sentence: « Où allons-nous ? (Where are we going?)
or Indirect « Je te demande où nous allons » (I ask you where we're going).
You can not replace by "ou bien".