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What is the capital of Tunisia?

Use of an object pronoun in a question

« Le mange-t-il » I think but not a sentence I would say IRL. (French native here)

There are various alternatives:

  1. Est-ce qu’il le mange ? (both formal and informal)
  2. Il le mange ? (with rising intonation; rather informal)
  3. Le mange-t-il ? (the most formal version)

In case of the passé composé (perfect in English), the respective phrases are as follow:

  1. Est-ce qu’il l’a mangé ? (both formal and informal)
  2. Il l’a mangé ? (that is, with rising intonation; rather informal)
  3. L’a-t-il mangé ? (the most formal version)

Note that gateau is masculine. In the case of a feminine noun like la confiture we would write (phonetically there is no difference), respectively:

  1. Est-ce qu’il l’a mangée ? (both formal and informal)
  2. Il l’a mangée ? (with rising intonation; rather informal)
  3. L’a-t-il mangée ? (the most formal version)

This is due to a phenomenon called “accord du participe passé”.

 

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