 |
|
| Share / Tweet / Pin Me! | |
French Prepositional Phrase
| Meaning | as for, regarding, in regard to | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[ka(n) tah] |
| IPA | [kã ta] | |
Usage notes: Quant à is a handy prepositional phrase for referring to something a bit emphatically. It can be followed by a noun, pronoun, verb, or clause.
Par exemple…
| Elle est indécise quant à sa proposition. | She’s undecided about his proposal. | |
| Quant au reste, je n’en sais rien. | As for the rest, I don’t know anything. | |
| Quant à ça, tu peux en être sûr. | You can be sure about that. | |
| Quant à acheter une voiture … | As for buying a car … | |
| Quant à ce qui s’est passé … | Regarding what happened … |
When a personal pronoun is needed after quant à, it must be a stressed pronoun.
| Il a dit non, mais quant à moi … | He said no, but as far as I’m concerned … | |
| Quant à eux … | As for them … |
Related expression: le quant-à-soi – one’s own counsel
| Il est resté sur son quant-à-soi. | He kept his own counsel. |
Synonyms for quant à
- à l’égard de
- à propos de
- concernant
- en ce qui concerne
- pour ce qui est de
- sur le plan de
- touchant
- vis-à-vis de
Informal synonyms for quant à
- côté
- question
- rapport à
Related noun: le quant-à-soi – reserve, aloofness
Related lessons
Share / Tweet / Pin Me!
This free website is created with love and a great deal of work. If you love it, please consider making a 
Verb conjugation tables for more than 1,600 French verbs in all the simple and compound tenses and moods.
In English, we say that the vowels are “a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.” The last couple of words hint at one of the keys to understanding pronunciation: a vowel is not so much a letter as the sound represented by a letter or combination of letters.
Practice is the key to improving your French, and just 15 minutes a day on some kind of French activity can make a huge difference. Check out these ideas and draw up your own schedule.