Francaise help!?

Question

what does Qu'est-ce que le tonnerre et les gouttes d'eau annoncent mean?

does that mean what do you do when there is thunder and there are raindrops?

How exactly would I answer?

Answer 1

Was it written like: qu'est-ce que le tonnerre et les gouttes d'eau annoncent !

Qu'est-ce que can be used somewhat like the English expression "How [adjective here] [noun here] is!"

For example, "Qu'est-ce que cette fleur est belle !" could be translated as "How this flower is so beautiful!"

So literally, your phrase would mean "How this thunder and these raindrops are announcing," where we could interpret 'announcing' to be metaphoric for loud, heavy, ever-present, mighty, or something else along those lines.  It might be an expression exclaiming how it's raining cats and dogs [pleuvoir des cordes] outside.  But this idea is VERY far-fetched, so keep reading idea number two.

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On the other hand, if this was for, say a school assignment where there are riddles you must solve, the exercise might be trying to get you to think along the lines of "What do thunder and raindrops signify?" You could answer by saying "Le tonnerre et les gouttes d'eau annoncent la pluie !!" or, in English, "Thunder and raindrops mean that there will be rain!"  This is the one I'd definitely go with, unless, say, it was some ancient poem you were trying to decipher =)

Hope this helps =]

Answer 2

It means "What do thunder and raindrops announce?".

You would say they announce rain.

"Le tonnerre et les gouttes d'eau annoncent la pluie."

Answer 3

good translations above but i think they announce a storm (l'orage) rather than just rain since there is thunder and raindrops, not just raindrops.