Qui and que examples

Je prends le tgv QUI VA à Paris. Je regarde l'homme QUI MARCHE dans la rue. Le tgv QUE JE PRENDS va à Paris. L'homme QUE JE REGARDE marche dans la rue.

1. How do you use qui and que?
2. How do you use qui in a sentence?
3. What's the difference between qui and que?
4. How is que used in French?

How do you use qui and que?

We use qui to replace the subject or indirect object* of a sentence. We use que to replace the direct object.

How do you use qui in a sentence?

Using 'qui' to join two sentences together

It is used to replace the subject of the sentence, for example: I have a bike + my bike is blue → I have a bike which is blue. j'ai un vélo + mon vélo est bleu → j'ai un vélo qui est bleu.

What's the difference between qui and que?

As a relative pronoun, que is a direct object (person or thing), and qui is either a subject (person or thing) or the object of a preposition (person only).

How is que used in French?

use que when the word that follows is (or represents) a person or thing/s, such as Cécile, je, tu, il, etc. (as opposed to qui when the word that follows is a verb). In grammar jargon, que is an object pronoun - que replaces the object of the verb.