APPENDIX IV.

QUE, CONJUNCTIVE AND ADVERBIAL.

The interrogative pronouns are Qui? = "Who?" or "Whom?" and quoi? = "What?" the latter having the conjunctive form que, which, as is the case with all conjunctives, must be used in preference to the disjunctive form, if possible.

The CONJUNCTIVE QUE is used:

A. Instead of accusative quoi:

Esth. l. 161: Que nous annoncez-vous?

l. 593: Que penses-tu?

Also ll. 637, 675, 762, 1078, 1104, etc.

In Que sert? (ll. 874 and 333), the que is probably the accus. conjunctive, due to a confusion in the construction of servir. (See N. to l. 259)

B. Instead of nominative quoi, when followed by the formal subject ce or il.

E.g., Qu'est-ce? Qu'est-ce que c'est? etc.

Esth. l. 596: Que sont-ils?

l. 713: Que vous semble? ( = Que vous semble-t-il?)

ii.

QUE is used ADVERBIALLY:

A. As an interrogative = "why," followed by ne and no pas.

E.g. Esth. l. 558: Que n'a-t-il plus tôt demandé son salaire?

Also, but very rarely, in the affirmative.

E.g., l. 523: Que tardez-vous?

B. As an exclamative = "how!"

E.g., l. 465: Que ce temps est long à mon impatience!

Also ll. 691, 735, 946.

C. As a relative of time = "when."

E.g., l. 569: Sur le point que la vie, etc.