UNITÉ 2 LEÇON 2A: Different Ways to Ask Questions Flashcards

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What are the different ways to ask a question in French?

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  1. Raising the pitch of your voice.
  2. Start with Est-ce que/qu’.
  3. Use n’est-ce pas at the end of your sentence.
  4. Use inversion (verb-subject format).
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Raising the pitch of your voice

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One of the four ways to ask a question in French.

This is the most common method.

Ex. Vous parlez anglais?

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Starting with

Est-ce que / qu’

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One of the four ways to ask a question in French.

This is a pretty common method.

Ex. Est-ce que vous parlez anglais?

Ex. _Est-ce qu’i_l étudie les examens?

Ex. _Est-ce qu’_elle mange à cafe?

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Using n’est-ce pas at the end of your sentence

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One of the four ways to ask a question in French.

This is not a very common method.

Ex. Vous parlez anglais, n’est-ce pas?

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Using inversion

(VERB-SUBJECT format)

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One of the four ways to ask a question in French.

This is not commonly spoken, but is written and used in a formal setting.

Ex. Parlez-vous anglais?

Vous parlez anglais?Parlez-vous anglais?

  • vous = subject
  • parlez = verb

With il and elle, a phonetic -t- is added to make the pronunciation easier. This only happens with verbs ending in –ER.

Ex. Paul voyage-t-il en France? or Voyage-t-il en France?

Ex. Sophie arrive-t-elle à huit heures? or Arrive-t-elle à huit heures?

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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Il mange au resto U.

(He eats at the restaurant.)

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Does he eat at the restaurant?

  • Est-ce qu’il mange au resto U?
  • Mange-t-il au resto U?
  • Il mange au resto U, n’est-ce pas?
  • Il mange au resto U?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

J’oublie les examens.

(I forgot the exam.)

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Did you forget the exam?

  • Est-ce que vous oubliez les examens?
  • Oubliez-vous les examens?
  • Vous oubliez les examens?
  • Vous oubliez les examens, n’est-ce pas?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

François déteste les maths.

(François hates math.)

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Does François hate math?

  • Est-ce que François déteste les maths?
  • Déteste-t-il les maths?
  • François déteste les maths, n’est-ce pas?
  • François déteste les maths?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Nous adorons voyager.

(We love to travel.)

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Do you guys like to travel?

  • Est-ce que vous adorez voyager?
  • Vous adorez voyager?
  • Vous adorez voyager, n’est-ce pas?
  • Voyager-vous adorez?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Les cours ne commencent pas demain.

(There is no class tomorrow.)

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Is there no class for tomorrow?

  • Est-ce que les cours ne commencent pas demain?
  • *Commencement-les cours *
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Les étudiantes arrivent en classe.

(The female students have arrived in class.)

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Have the students arrived in class?

  • Est-ce que les étudiantes arrivent en classe?
  • Arrivent-t-étudiantes en classe?
  • Les étudiantes arrivent en classe?
  • Les étudiantes arrivent en classe, n’est-ce pas?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Vous habitez à Las Vegas.

(You live in Las Vegas.)

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Do you live in Las Vegas?

  • Est-ce que vous habitez à Las Vegas?
  • Habitez-vous à Las Vegas?
  • Vous habitez à Las Vegas?
  • Vous habitez à Las Vegas, n’est-ce pas?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

La physique est utile.

(Physics is useful.)

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Is physics useful?

  • Est-ce que la physique est utile?
  • La physique est-elle utile?
  • La physique est utile, n’est-ce pas?
  • La physique est utile?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Ils n’habitent pas à Québec.

(They do not live in Québec.)

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Do they not live in Québec?

  • Est-ce qu’ils n’habitent pas à Québec?
  • Ils n’habitent pas à Québec?
  • Ils n’habitent pas à Québec, n’est-ce pas?
  • N’habitent-ils pas à Québec?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

L’étudiante oublie.

(The student forgets.)

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Did the student forget?

  • Est-ce que l’étudiante oublie?
  • L’étudiante oublie?
  • L’étudiante oublie-t-elle?
  • L’étudiante oublie, n’est-ce pas?
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Ask the questions that corresponds to the following:

Il y a deux salles de classe.

(There are two classrooms.)

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Are there two classrooms?

  • Y a-t-il deux salles de classe?
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Using the inversion method, ask the question that corresponds to the following:

Est-ce que vous parlez espagnol?

(Do you speak Spanish?)

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Parlez-vous espagnol?

[VERB-SUBJECT]

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Using the inversion method, ask the questions that correspond to the following:

Est-ce qu’il étudie à Paris?

(Does he study in Paris?)

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Étudie-t-il à Paris?

[VERB-t-SUBJECT]

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Using the inversion method, ask the question that corresponds to the following:

Est-ce qu’ils voyagent avec des amis?

(Do they like to travel with friends?)

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Voyagent-ils avec des amis?

[VERB-SUBJECT]

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Using the inversion method, ask the question that corresponds to the following:

Est-ce que tu aimes les cours de langues?

(Do you like the language class?)

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Aimes-tu les cours de langues?

[VERB-SUBJECT]

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Using the inversion method, ask the question that corresponds to the following:

Est-ce que le professeur parle anglais?

(Does the professor speak English?)

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Le professeur parle-t-il anglais?

[NOUN-VERB-t-PRONOUN]

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Using the inversion method, ask the question that corresponds to the following:

Est-ce que les étudiants aiment dessiner?

(Do the students like to draw?)

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Les étudiants aiment-ils dessiner?