Forms of Lequel
Lequel is a pronoun that replaces the adjective quel and the noun it modifies.
It expresses Which one?
| Adjective | Pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine | Quel livre lis-tu? | Quels livres lis-tu? | Lequel lis-tu? | Lesquels lis-tu? |
| Feminine | Quelle page lis-tu? | Quelles pages lis-tu? | Laquelle lis-tu? | Lesquelles lis-tu? |
Lequel contracts with à and de in the plural and masculine
singular forms:
Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine | à + lequel = auquel | à + lesquels = auxquels |
| de + lequel = duquel | de + lesquels = desquels | |
| Feminine | à + laquelle = à laquelle | à + lesquelles = auxquelles |
| de + laquelle = de laquelle | de + lesquelles = desquelles |
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Indo-European Languages