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<div style="font-size:300%;">How to know when to use "où" and "ou"?</div> | |||
==Summary== | |||
It's easy! :) | |||
OU = OR | |||
OÙ = WHERE | |||
"Où" and "ou" have exactly the same pronunciation. | |||
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How to know when to use "où" and "ou"?
Summary
It's easy! :)
OU = OR
OÙ = WHERE
"Où" and "ou" have exactly the same pronunciation.
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. (I want some cheese or nothing) --> Je veux du fromage ou bien rien du tout (I want some cheese, or else, nothing).
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".