Y/N Questions

Question 1

What is a Q with rising intonation?
name some questions

Answer 1

Yes/no Q with NO CHANGE IN WORD ORDER

• vous etes d ici? = Are you from around here?
• on a du temps pour un cafe? = Do we have time for a coffee?

Question 2

What is a tag question?
Name a few.

Answer 2

Y/N Q WITH NO CHANGE IN WORD ORDER that n’est-ce pas? is added to the end.

• Tu es allemand, n’est-ce pas? = Youre german, aren’t you ?
• En ete on a des vacances, n’est-ce pas? = We’ll have vacation in the summer, wont we?

Question 3

What is a Question starting with est-ce que?

Answer 3

Y/N Q with NO CHANGE IN WORD ORDER where est-ce que starts the sentence.
Introduces a question; any statement that follows becomes a question: “is it that….?”

• Est-ce que nous sommes deja en ville? = Are we already in the city?

Est-ce qu’elle a une opinion? = Does she have an opinion?

Question 4

What happens in a Y/N Q with a CHANGE in word order with pronoun subjects?

Name some examples.

Answer 4

The subject pronouns and verbs invert with a connective hyphen.

• Etes-vous deja en retard? = Are you already late?
• Avons-nous assez d’argent? = Do we have enough money?
• Sont-elles au travail? = Are they at work?

Question 5

What happens to negative questions with inversions?

Name some examples.

Answer 5

ne/n is in front of the conjugations, and pas follows the inverted subject pronoun.

• N’as-tu pas envie de manger? = Dont you want to eat?
• Ne sommes-nous pas a la gare? = Arnt we at the train station?

N’ont-ils pas soif? = Arnt they thirsty?

Question 6

What happens to the pronoun je in Y/N w/change in word order? Name an example.

Answer 6

It is never inverted. Use Est-ce que.

• Est-ce que je suis a l’heure? = Am I on time?

Question 7

What happens when an inverted question has a third-person singular vowel end?
Name a question.

Answer 7

the letter t is inserted with hyphens.

• A - t - on l’address de Marianne? = Do we have marianne’s address?

Question 8

What happens when inverted have a ‘there is, there are?’ what happens when it is in the negative?

Name a few questions.

Answer 8

• Y a-t-il = is there, are there?
• Y a-t-il des devoirs? = Is there any hw?

Des becomes de/d in negative form (as always)

• N’y a-t-il pas de? = isn’t there, Arnt there?
• N’y a-t-il pas de bons films? = Arnt there any good movies?
• N’y a-t-il pas d’eau? = Isnt there any water?

BUT THE INVERSION OF THIS IS FOR THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR. EVERYDAY SPEECH USES

• IL YA DES DEVOIRS
  -IL N’Y A PAS D’EAU

Question 9

What happens when an inverted Q has a noun subject?

Name a few examples.

Answer 9

Both the noun subject adn the inverted pronouns are used.

• Ce monsieur est-il francais? = Is that man French?
• Simon a-t-il une mot? = Does simone have a motorcycle?
• Annick et Chantal n’ont-elles pas de logemont? = Dont Annick and Chantel have a place?