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How do you say "Why are you here?" in French?
Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
In French, "Why are you here?" is Pourquoi es-tu ici ?.
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Pronunciation
Say poor-kwah-eh-too-ee-see, with why-sound in pourquoi.
Grammar notes
Pourquoi es-tu ici uses inversion and combines why (pour) and because (quoi).
Example sentence
Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
Why are you here?
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How to remember Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
Pourquoi breaks down as pour (for) and quoi (what).
Related words
- What can you do? Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- What do you hate? Qu'est-ce que tu détestes ?
- What do you like? Qu'est-ce que tu aimes ?
- What do you love? Qu'est-ce que tu adores ?
- What is the temperature on Wednesday? Quelle sera la température mercredi ?
- What is the weather? Quel temps fait-il ?
- What is the weather on Friday? Quel temps fera-t-il vendredi ?
- What is the weather on Thursday? Quel temps fera-t-il jeudi ?
- When is your birthday? Quand est ton anniversaire ?
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Questions about Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
How do you say "Why are you here?" in French?
In French, "Why are you here?" is Pourquoi es-tu ici ?. It is a noun.
How is Pourquoi es-tu ici ? written in French?
Pourquoi es-tu ici ? is written using the standard French script.
How is Pourquoi es-tu ici ? used in a sentence?
Use Pourquoi es-tu ici ? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Pourquoi es-tu ici ? (Why are you here?).
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"Why are you here?" in other languages
- Japanese なぜここにいるのですか？ (naze koko ni iru no desu ka ？)
- Korean 왜 여기에 있어요? (wae yeogie isseoyo?)
- Chinese 你为什么在这里? (nǐ wèi shén me zài zhè li ?)
- Spanish ¿Por qué estás aquí?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Por qué estás aquí?
- German Warum bist du hier?
- Italian Perché sei qui?
- Russian Почему ты здесь? (počemu ty zdesʹ?)
- Greek Γιατί είσαι εδώ; (yati ise edho)
- Arabic أنت هنا ليه؟ (inta hina lih?)
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