questions Flashcards
How may inflection be used to form questions in French?
Add a question mark and make your voice go up at the end of the statement
Tu joue au tennis … Tu joue au tennis?
(You play tennis …. Do you play tennis?)
How may ‘est-ce que’ be used to form questions in French?
By adding ‘est-ce que’ at the beginning of the question.
Je peux vous aider. (I may help you)
Est-ce que je peux vous aider?
(Can I help you?)
How may changing the word order be used to form questions in French?
By putting the verb first.
Vous pouvez m’aider (You are able to help me)
Pouvez-vous m’aider? (can you help me?)
Turn ‘vous avez aidé la dame’ into a question.
Avez-vous aidé la dame?
In the perfect tense, the auxiliary verb comes first.
Many questions start with “Qu’est-ce que …”.
How would you say “What is it?” in French using “Qu’est-ce que …”?
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
What is there to eat?
Qu’est-ce qu’il y à manger?
What French phrase/word means?
how many ?
combien (de) ?
Tu as combien de chats?
(How many cats have you got?)
What French phrase/word means?
how ?
comment ?
Comment vas-tu?
(How are you?)
What French phrase/word means?
where ?
où ?
Où habites-tu? (Where do you live?)
What French phrase/word means?
why ?
pourquoi ?
Pourquoi est-ce que tu n’aimes pas ça?
(Why don’t you like it?)
What French phrase/word means?
when ?
quand ?
Il vient quand? (When is he coming?)
What French phrase/word means?
which ? what ?
quel(le)(s) ?
ça commence à quelle heure?
(What time does it start?)
What French phrase/word means?
what?
que / qu’
Que veux-tu? (What do you want?)
quoi?
Elle fait quoi? (What is she doing?)
What French phrase/word means?
who ?
qui?
C’est qui? (Who is it?)
