Interrogative Words

Question 1

à quelle heure?

Answer 1

at what time?

Question 2

combien de?

Answer 2

how many?; how much?

Question 3

comment?

Answer 3

how? what?

Question 4

où?

Answer 4

where?

Question 5

pourquoi?

Answer 5

why?

Question 6

quand?

Answer 6

when?

Question 7

que/qu’?

Answer 7

what?

Question 8

quel(le)(s)?

Answer 8

which? what?

Question 9

à/avec/pour

Answer 9

to/with/for

Question 10

qui?

Answer 10

who(m)?

Question 11

quoi?

Answer 11

what?

Question 12

Notes on when

Answer 12

Quand and à quelle heure are not interchangeable. They both mean when, but quand is a day or date (Wednesday, January 10), whereas à quelle heure is a specific time (10:00).

Question 13

When do you use quoi?

Answer 13

Use quoi after a preposition followed by est-ce que or inversion instead of que/qu’ and qu’est-ce que. que/qu’, qu’est-ce que, and quoi are interchangeable.

Question 14

Masculine singular what

Answer 14

quel

Question 15

Feminine singular what

Answer 15

quelle

Question 16

Masculine plural what

Answer 16

quels

Question 17

Feminine plural what

Answer 17

quelles

Question 18

Notes on quel

Answer 18

Quel is always linked to a noun. It is used either directly before a noun or before the verb être followed by a noun.

Question 19

Other notes on quoi

Answer 19

Quoi is never followed by est-ce que unless it is after a preposition. You can also use quoi at the end of a sentence.

Question 20

Other notes on qui

Answer 20

You never have qui before est-ce que.