que font

what are ... doing

→ que
phrase Uncommon #15,113
what are ... doing Used to ask about an action or activity. It is the question form of "they do/make" with que meaning "what".
FR: Que font les enfants dans le jardin ?
EN: What are the children doing in the garden?

Que font ces gens ici?

What are these people doing here?

Que font les pompiers en l'absence d'incendies?

What do firefighters do when there are no fires?

Que font un Elfe, un Homme et un Nain dans le Riddermark?

What are an Elf, a Man, and a Dwarf doing in the Riddermark?

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Les Deux Tours (2002)

Que font les enfants ici?

What are the children doing here?

— De tout cœur (1998)

Que font tous ces gamins ici?

What are all these kids doing here?

Que font les Russes?

What are the Russians doing?

— Guerre et Paix (1968)

Que font tes frères?

What are your brothers doing?

Que font ces hommes dans ma base?

What are these men doing in my base?

Que font les pompiers lorsqu'il n'y a pas d'incendie?

What do firefighters do when there isn't a fire?

Que font vos parents?

What do your parents do?

— Toni Erdmann (2016)

Que font les mecs de Sam?

What are Sam's guys doing?

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

Que font tous ces gens ici?

What are all these people doing here?

Que font les autres hommes?

What are the other men doing?

Que font tes hommes chez Wah?

What are your men doing at Wah?

— Infernal Affairs (2002)

Que font ces maisons ici?

What are these houses doing here?

— Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Que font les sorcières?

What do witches do?

— Suspiria (1977)

Que font-elles exactement, là-dedans?

What exactly are they doing in there?

Que font les petits?

What are the little ones doing?

— Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988)

Que font toutes ces factures ici?

What are all these invoices doing here?

Que font les enfants au jardin?

What are the children doing in the garden?

Que font tous ces autres gens sur le terrain?

What are all these other people doing on the field?

— Lagaan (2001)

Alors, que font ces bouteilles ici?

So, what are these bottles doing here?

— Le prisonnier du Caucase (1996)

Que font des cercueils dans l'Ermitage?

What are coffins doing in the Hermitage?

— L'Arche russe (2002)

Que font les voisins?

What are the neighbors doing?

Que font-elles?

What are they doing?

Mais que font ces imbéciles?

But what are these idiots doing?

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)