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❢ Where is generally translated by où : where are the plates? = où sont les assiettes? ; do you know where he's going? = est-ce que tu sais où il va? ; I don't know where the knives are = je ne sais pas où sont les couteaux.
Note that in questions où on its own requires inversion of the verb : where are you going? = où allez-vous? but où followed by est-ce que needs no inversion : où est-ce que vous allez?
A pron
1 (with prepositions) où ; from where? d'où? ; near where? près d'où? ; to go up to where sb is standing s'approcher de qn ; to go past where sb is standing passer devant qn ; not from where I'm standing lit pas de là où je suis ; fig ce n'est pas mon avis ;
2 (the place or point where) là que ; this is where it happened c'est là que c'est arrivé ; this is where we're at c'est là que nous en sommes ; that is where he's mistaken c'est là qu'il se trompe ; so that's where I put them c'était là que je les avais mis ; here's where we learn the truth voilà enfin la vérité ; France is where you'll find good wine c'est en France que vous trouverez du bon vin.
B adv
1 (as interrogative) où (est-ce que) ; where is my coat/do you work? où est mon manteau/est-ce que tu travailles? ; where would I be if…? où est-ce que je serais si…? ; where does Martin figure in all this? qu'est-ce que Martin vient faire dans tout ça? ; where's the harm? quel mal y a-t-il à ça? ; where's the problem? je ne vois pas le problème ; where have you got to in your book? où est-ce que vous en êtes dans votre lecture? ;
2 (as indirect interrogative) où ; ask him/I wonder where he's going demande-lui/je me demande où il va ; I told him where he could put them lit je lui ai dit où les mettre ; ◑ fig je lui ai dit qu'il pouvait se les mettre où je pense ◑ ; to know where one is going savoir où on va ; fig savoir ce qu'on veut ; you don't know where it's been! tu ne sais pas où ça a traîné! ; I forget exactly where it is j'ai oublié où c'est exactement ;
3 (as relative) où ; the village where we live le village où nous habitons ; at the spot where he died à l'endroit où il est mort ; up there where there's a branch là-haut à l'endroit où il y a une branche ; near where she lived près de l'endroit où or près de là où elle habitait ; to lead to a situation where aboutir à une situation où ; to reach the stage where arriver au stade où ; in several cases where dans plusieurs cas où ;
4 (here where, there where) stay/go where it's dry reste/mets-toi à l'abri ; it's cold where we live il fait froid là où nous habitons ; it's where the Indre meets the Loire c'est au confluent de l'Indre et de la Loire ; it's not where you said (not there) ça n'y est pas ; (found elsewhere) ce n'est pas là où tu crois ;
5 (wherever) où ; put them/go where you want mets-les/va où tu veux ;
6 (whenever) quand ; where necessary si nécessaire ; she's stupid where he's concerned elle se conduit toujours de façon stupide quand il s'agit de lui ; where children are at risk quand les enfants sont menacés de violence ; where there's a scandal there's a reporter dès qu'il y a un scandale il y a des journalistes ; where possible dans la mesure du possible.
C conj = whereas.

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