Quoique or quoi que ?

17 oct. 2017 09:49 - language-swap

Niveau confirmé

Lots of French don't know to write quoique or quoi que separately. Let's make sure that you don't do this mistake.

1. Quoique

Quoique (even though) is a subordination conjunction which means “bien que” (though, even though). It is ALWAYS written in one word. It is written quoiqu' when before a word starting with a vowel.
Examples:
Quoiqu'il ait réussi son test, il n'est pas fier de lui.
Quique j'ai fait de mon mieux, je n'ai pas pu lui dire que je l'aime.

2. Quoi que

Quoi que written separately is a pronoun which means “quelle que soit la chose” (whatever the thing).
Example:
Quoi que tu fasses, tu ne changeras rien à la situation.