I'm making the corresponding question for the sentence
Marion est dans la salle d'attente.
Could you please confirm if below sentences are correct?
- Où est-ce que Marion est dans?
- Où Marion est-elle dans?
Thank you so much!
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Sign up to join this communityUnlike in English, you can't end a sentence with dans so both of your attempts are incorrect.
Here are various possibilities:
Où Marion est-elle ?
Où se trouve Marion ?
Où est Marion ? (better)
If you really want to keep the dans but the question sounds odd:
Dans quoi est Marion ?
In spoken French, inversion is usually avoided:
Elle est où, Marion ?
Marion est où ?