Exclaiming

Use the adjective quel when exclaiming:

  • Quelle belle histoire! (What a beautiful story!)

  • Quelles idées intéressantes! (What interesting ideas!)

Note that Quel must agree with the noun it modifies, as shown in Table 1

TABLE 1 Exclamations

Number

Masculine

Feminine

Singular

quel

quelle

Plural

quels

quelles

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