French Conjunctions

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qui versus que who, that, which
qui
qui as a subject - qui + verb
C’est lui qui connaît Théo. He's the one who knows Théo.
C’est une maison qui a 1 000 ans. It is a house which is 1,000 years old.
un ami qui vit à Paris a friend who lives in Paris
as an indirect object - qui + indirect object pronoun
Un monde qui nous était étranger. A world that was foreign to us.
Tu te souviens, ce qui lui est arrivé ? Remember, what happened to him?
La seule qui nous reste. The only one we have left.
C’est toi qui l’as fait. It's you who did it.
que
as a direct object - que + subject + verb
C'est comme ça que ça a commencé. That is how it started.
le plat que j’aime le plus the dish I like most
T'as pas l'impression que c'est un peu cher? Don't you feel like it's a bit expensive?