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How to say “Whose turn is it to ...?” in French
Find out whose turn it is to do a shared task.
C'est à qui de … ?
Whose turn is it to …?
Put the action in the grammatical form shown in the example.
Use it in three situations
A household chore
C'est à qui de faire la vaisselle ?
Whose turn is it to wash the dishes?
Cooking together
C'est à qui de sortir les poubelles ?
Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Taking care of a shared task
C'est à moi de nettoyer la cuisine ?
Is it my turn to clean the kitchen?
What to watch for
A turn in a rota is different from physically turning an object.
Read the whole expression before replacing a detail. The natural wording may use a different order or construction from the English sentence.
Your turn
Imagine sharing a home. Say this in French: Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Reveal a sample reply
C'est à qui de sortir les poubelles ?
Whose turn is it to take out the rubbish?
Build a useful exchange
Share chores, supplies, and a household cost.
This expression in other languages
A note on speaking French
Use vous with strangers, staff, and people you address formally; use tu when that relationship is established. Je voudrais and pourriez-vous can make a request considerate. The most appropriate choice depends on the person and the situation.
Keep accents and apostrophes. A familiar spoken expression may differ from its literal English translation. Read the complete line, including the pronoun and the words that connect the request.
