Qu'est-ce qui + [verb] = What [does]...

The literal translation is: What is it that is pleasant to you at Anna?

In the subordinate clause, the subject is qui (that) and the indirect object is te (to you).

Thanks so much for your help Chris! Much appreciated. 

Qui est-ce-que= Whom?                                                                                                                                

Eg: Qui est-ce qui fait la biologie? Who does Biology.                                                                                Qui est-ce qui ma prof? Who is my teacher?                                                                                         Qui est-ce que vous avez vu? Whom did you see?                                                                                Qui est-ce qu'elle a vu? Whom did she see?                                                                                       Qu'est-ce qui= What?                                                                                                                                  In this case, what is the subject and performs the verb                                                                      Qu'est-ce que=What?                                                                                                                                  In this case what is the object and the recipient of the verb.                                                           Eg: Qu'est-ce qui fait ce bruit? What is making that noise?                                                                        Qu'est-ce qui m'a fait peur? What scared me?                                                                                        Qu'est-ce que tu as vu? What did you see?                                                                                            Qu'est-ce que vouz avez pris? What did you take?

Hi Ian,

It is either -

Qu'est-ce qui...?

or 

Qu'est-ce que ...?

so in your example:

Qu'est ce qui sent mauvais? 

Qu'est-ce que j'entends? = What do I hear?

Qu'est-ce qui vous arrive? = What's happening to you?

Qu'est-ce que vous m'apportez? = What are you bringing to me?

Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? = What's wrong with you? 

Hope this helps!

It does. Thanks Cecile! 

Hi Johanna, 

As a rule of thumb,  when ‘plus’ has the positive meaning of ‘more’ , the final ‘s’ will be pronounced . There are some exceptions but that’s the general rule.

When it has the negative meaning of ‘no more’, ‘no longer‘ in ‘ne ...plus’  it won’t be pronounced.

I don’t believe there is a lesson on this at the moment ....

Thanks.i hope I remember this! 

This phrase is the one that I am confused by: 

Qu'est-ce qui te manque le plus ?

Que of qu'est-ce qui means I'm talking about a thing.  Qui means the what is the subject of the verb... the confusing part to me is that the subject of the verb seems to be "you" of you miss the most.  That missing is the verb and whatever is missed would be the object of the verb?  In that sense I don't understand yet why qui is used.  thank you.

so I think it would be very helpful if the reversed structures using verbs manquer or plaire part of this lesson, were explained in more detail.

This is covered at the end of the lesson with just this comment but no real explanation or breakdown:  You will find this structure with a lot of "reversed" expressions, such plaire, manquer, etc.. - so we see it but it's not explained.  Just my feedback as a user...  thank you.

Hi Donald,

"Qu'est-ce qui te fait penser ça?" literally means "What makes you think that?"

If for instance you hear someone saying, "Je pense à Maman...", you might ask

"Qu'est-ce qui t'y fait penser? Y replacing Maman.

Hope this helps!

Hi Suzanne, 

Which two do you mean ? 

Not certain why this question would be so out of context since it related to an existing thread where it seemed everyone was confused. The foucs practice would ask the test taker to choose between Qu'est-ce qui and Qu'est-ce que....

Bonjour Suzanne !

Cécile's confusion came from the fact that your question wasn't posted as a reply to the existing thread, but as a new question, which we see independently :)

I agree with your request, and I have produced a Gap Fill exercise on this distinction to be published in the coming weeks :) 

I hope that's helpful!
Bonne journée !

hello , 

to me you don't choose between "qu'est ce qui " and "qu'est ce que " but "qui " and "que  ("est-ce que" is only a formula to ask a standard question) , with two different questions words "que" (what ) and "qui" (who ) , "qu'est-ce qui" is another kind of structure more idiomatic , and to put these two questions in the same level seems to me inaccurate.

Hi Aurélie, 

Thanks for that. May I know where we can access this gapfill exercise? I tried doing a search for it in the website search box & looking up the FAQs, but to no avail. 

Many thanks!

Bonjour Sara !

At the moment, you can search the Fill-in-the-blanks practice exercises on the blog :
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/blog/fun-ways-to-learn-french/

But here's the relevant link, to save you time ;)
https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/blog/une-petite-soeur-tres-curieuse-questions-practice/

Bonne journée !

Thanks Aurélie - much appreciated!! 

Actually, in this case it really means "about Anne" and not about Anne's home. The little word "chez" can also stand for "about" and "among" in some contexts.

Chez lui c'est une obsession. -- With him it's an obsession.

Chez les Français on parle français. -- Among the French one speaks French.

Just when you thought things were simple....

-- Chris (not a native speaker).