Asking Questions Flashcards
At what time?
À quelle heure?
How many?/How much?
Combine (de)
How?/what?
Comment?
Where?
Où?
Why
Pourquoi?
When?
Quand?
What?
Que/qu’…?
Which?/what?
Quel(le)(s)?
What
Quoi?
Whom is the professor talking to this morning? =
À qui le professeur parle-t-il ce matin?
How many cities are there in Switzerland?
Combien de villes y a-t-il en Suisse?
What are you going to eat? =
Que vas-tu manger?
When “qui” is the SUBJECT of a sentence what is it followed (directly) by?
A verb in the THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
“Qui invite Patrice à dîner?”
If “qui” is the OBJECT of a sentence, what is it followed by (either of two things)?
Est-ce que
(Would est-ce que tu regardes?)
Or
Inversion
(Qui regardes-tu?)
“Quand?”and “À quelle heure?” Are used differently. Do you member the different usage?
“Quand?” is used when talking about a day or a date
(“Quand est-ce que le cours commence?”? “Il commence le lundi 28 août.”)
“À quelle heure?” Is used for a specific time of day
(“À quelle heure est-ce qu’il commence?” “Il commence à dix heures et demie.”)
A simple (and very informal) way of asking a question is to
Place the interrogative word AFTER a verb
“Tu t’appelles comment?”
“Tu habites où?”
If “quoi” follows a preposition it must come where and be used with the question forms _____ or _______?
It has to come at the beginning and be followed by “est-ce que” or by an inversion
“De quoi est-ce qu’il parle?”
If you don’t understand what’s being said, use either of which two words as a response?
Comment? Pardon?
When can you use “Quoi” if you don’t understand what’s being said?
Only in very INFORMAL situations
In matching for gender and number, what is the ms for which
Quel
In matching for gender and number, what is the fs for which
Quelle
In matching for gender and number, what is the mp for which
Quels
In matching for gender and number, what is the fp for which
Quelles
