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How to form a yes or no question in french?

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e.g tu aimes le chocolat? and open questions (requiring some information) e.g Qu’est-ce que tu manges au dejeuner?
There are four ways of asking a yes or no question?
-Add est-ce que at the begining e.g est-ce que tu aimes le chocolat (is it that)
-2)invert the verb and the subject e.g Aimes-tu le chocolat
-with il,elle and on,if the verb ends in a vowel add t between the verb and the subject pronoun e.g Aime-t-il le chocolat?
-when the subject is a noun or proper name you add the appropriate pronoun for inversion with the verb e.g ta copine va en vaccances=ta copine va-t-elle en vacances
3)raise your intonation at the end of the sentence
4)Add n’est-ce pas at the end of the sentence e.g tu aimes le chocolat n’est-ce pas

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Open questions contain question words which which can be interrogative adverbs,adjectives or pronouns.They are usually at the begining followed by est-ce que or an inversion but can sometimes be added at the end of an sentence.

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The interrogative adverb such as quand,Où,pourquoi,comment,combien .g Quand arrives-tu?,Quand est-ce que tu arrives?Tu arrives quand?
-The interrogative adjective quel(Which/what).Quel agrees with the noun it is linked to. e.g quelle couleur?
m.s-quel
f.s-quelle
m.p-quels
f.p-quelles
Quel examen est-ce que tu veux passer?
Quelle profession veux-tu exercer?
Quelles chaussures vas-tu mettre?

Lequel translates to which one(it is used after a preposition such as pour,avec,dans)
it replaces ‘quel+noun’ e.g quels livres as-tu lus?-Lesquels as-tu livre?
lequel agrees with noun and gender
M.S lequel
F.S Laquelle
M.P Lesquels
F.P Lesquelles

à + lequel
m.s-auquels
f.s à laquelle
auxquels
auxquelles

De+lequel
Duquel
De laquelle
desquels
desquelles

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interrogative pronouns?

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Qui vs Que
When it comes to interrogative pronouns,* qui means “who” or “whom” and que means “what.”

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Qui as a subject

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Qui as subject
When “who” is the subject of the question, you can translate it by either qui or, less commonly, qui est-ce qui, plus a verb in the third person singular.

Par exemple…
qui aime le chocolat
qui est-ce qui aime le chocolat
Qui va au marché ? Qui est-ce qui va au marché ? Who’s going to the market?
Qui a acheté le pain ? Qui est-ce qui a acheté le pain ? Who bought the bread?

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qui as the object

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Qui as object
As the direct object of a question, “whom” is translated by either qui est-ce que or qui + inversion.

Par exemple…
qui as-tu rencontre
qui est-ce que tu as rencontre
Qui est-ce que tu connais ici ? Qui connais-tu ici ? Whom do you know here?
Qui est-ce qu’elle a vu ? Qui a-t-elle vu ? Whom did she see?
Likewise when “whom” is the object of a preposition:

Par exemple…

De qui est-ce qu’ils parlent ? De qui parlent-ils ? Whom are they talking about?
À qui est-ce que tu as envoyé la lettre ? À qui as-tu envoyé la lettre ? Whom did you send the letter to?

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que as subject

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Que as subject
When “what” is the subject of the question, it is equivalent to qu’est-ce qui plus a verb in the third person singular.

Par exemple…

Qu’est-ce qui se passe ? What’s happening? What’s wrong?
Qu’est-ce qui manque ? What is missing?
Inversion is rare, and requires the addition of the neuter subject pronoun il.

Que se passe-t-il ? What’s happening? What’s wrong?
Que manque-t-il ? What is missing?

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que as object

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Que as object
As the object of a question, “what” is translated by either qu’est-ce que or que + inversion.

Par exemple…

Qu’est-ce que vous faites ? Que faites-vous ? What are you doing?
Qu’est-ce que tu vas étudier ? Que vas-tu étudier ? What are you going to study?
When “what” is the object of a preposition, the French equivalent is quoi + est-ce que or inversion.

Par exemple…

À quoi est-ce que vous le comparez ? À quoi le comparez-vous ? What are you comparing it to?
De quoi est-ce qu’il écrit ? De quoi écrit-il ? What does he write about?

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what does qui,que,quoi means

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who,whom,what,what

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what is qui used for?

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subject or object
you use qui or qui est-ce que qui for people and subject
e.g who saw the movie
qui est-ce qui a vue le film?

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How to use qui as an object

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whom
qui,qui est-ce que
qui est-ce que tu as vu?

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qui with prepositions

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a ,de ,avec
A qui est-ce que tu parles?
A qui parles-tu

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another example

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de qui est-ce que tu parles?
de qui parles-tu
avec qui est-ce que tu parles?

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what is quel+noun

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which one=lequel
lequel
laquelle
lesquels
lesquelles
e.g j’ai envie de acheter un pull
lequel?

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what is a+lequel?

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auquel
a laquelle
auxquels
auxquelles

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de+lequel?

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duquel
de laquelle
desquels
desquelles

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