Why - Pourquoi (The 193rd Most Common French Word)
In French, the word for Why is Pourquoi. It is the 193rd most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. It can be used as noun, adverb, conjunction. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word’s pronunciation. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.
Pronunciation
English:
why
French:
pourquoi
Examples
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| I know why that is. | je sais pourquoi c'est |
| I know why you're here. | Je sais pourquoi tu es ici. |
| I know why you want it. | Je sais pourquoi tu le veux. |
| I want to know why you did that. | J'aimerais savoir pourquoi tu as fait ça. |
| "That's why I've come late." "I see" | "C'est pourquoi je suis arrivé en retard." "Je vois" |
| "That's why I've come later." "I see" | "C'est pourquoi je suis venu plus tard." "Je vois" |
| Remember why you're here. | Rappelez-vous pourquoi vous êtes ici. |
| I feel strange today and I don't understand why. | Je me sens bizarre aujourd'hui et je ne comprends pas pourquoi. |
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| They didn't say why. | Ils ne dirent pas pourquoi. |
| That's why I'm telling you not to go alone. | C'est pourquoi je te dis que tu ne dois pas y aller seule. |
| That's why I wanted to talk to you. | C'est pourquoi je suis venu te parler. |
| I don't really know why. | Je ne sais pas vraiment pourquoi. |
| I think I know why. | Je pense que je sais pourquoi. |
| Why did he do such a thing | Je me demande pourquoi il a fait ça. |
| We don't know why he had to leave. | Nous ignorons pourquoi il devait partir. |
| I cannot understand why he left so suddenly. | Je n'arrive pas à comprendre pourquoi il est parti si soudainement. |
| I have no idea why he did that. | Je ne peux comprendre pourquoi il a fait ça. |
| That's why he lost his job. | C'est pourquoi il a perdu son emploi. |
| I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a man-made world. | Je peux voir, et c'est pourquoi je peux être heureux, dans ce que vous appelez l'obscurité, mais qui pour moi est dorée. Je peux voir un monde créé par Dieu, pas un monde créé par l'homme. |
| I just don't understand why people would want to live here. | Je ne comprends tout simplement pas pourquoi les gens voudraient vivre ici. |
| The airport is closed, but nobody knows why. | L'aéroport est fermé, mais personne ne sait pourquoi. |
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