One of the questions lists "Où je mets mes chaussures d'habitude ?" as a
correct answer. However, this does not appear to be one of the three ways of asking a
question given in the lesson. According to the lesson, où must be
followed by inversion (or est-ce que), so it would be "Où mets-je mes chaussures
d'habitude ?" Why isn't inversion needed here?
"Où je mets mes chaussures d'habitude ?"
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Brian H.Kwiziq community member
"Où je mets mes chaussures d'habitude ?"
This question relates to:French lesson "Asking questions in French with "qui/que/quoi/quand/où/comment/pourquoi/combien" (French Question Words)"
Asked 5 years ago
In the lesson linked to your question I couldn't find where it says that où must be followed by inversion.
The three ways to ask the question::
Où je mets mes chaussures? or Je mets mes chaussures où?
Où est-ce que je mets mes chaussures?
Où mets-je mes chaussures?
John B.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Related to this topic, the following response was shown to be acceptable "Où mets-je mes chaussures d'habitude ?" I didn't check this particular answer, seems wrong. I thought that inversion using 1st person singular is not done (except special cases, like puis-je, etc). Is this a special case?
CécileKwiziq team member
Just to add to the discussion,
Où mets-je mes chaussures ...?
is possible but it does sound very posh just like 'puis-je' and you would avoid it in everyday speech.
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