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How to Say ‘Which documents are missing?’ in French

Quels documents manquent ?

kel doh-kew-MAHN MAHNK

[kel doh-kew-MAHN MAHNK]

💬 Usage Tip: Manquer works backwards from English: the missing thing is what does the missing. So Quels documents manquent ? is literally "which documents are lacking?"

Phrase Breakdown

Quels

[kel]

which / what

Question word used before a masculine plural noun to ask for selection or type.

Example

Quels profils vous intéressent pour ce poste ?

Which profiles are you interested in for this position?

documents

[doh-kew-MAHN]

documents

Plural noun for official papers.

Example

J'ai tous mes documents.

I have all my documents.

manquent

[MAHNK]

are missing

Plural form of 'manquer', to be lacking.

Example

Deux pages manquent.

Two pages are missing.

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