Questions in French – Part 2

Questions in French: What, When, Who…

The video is here:

1- Que, Quoi = What:

3 possibilities: What are you doing?

• Qu’est-ce que tu fais? (correct when you write and speak) (When we speak we just say ‘kess’: kess tu fais?)
• Que fais-tu? (correct when you write and speak)
• Tu fais quoi? (correct when you speak)

-What are you saying?

• Qu’est-ce que tu dis? (kess tu dis?)
• Que dis-tu?
• Tu dis quoi?

– Problem with 2 verbs:

• Que veut manger Paul? (the noun at the end)
• Que veut-il manger? (the pronoun after the first verb)

2- Quand = When: When will you come?

• Quand est-ce que tu viens?
• Quand viens-tu?
• Tu viens quand?

As you can see, we use the present tense to translate the future too.

3- Où = Where: Where is he?

• Où est-ce qu’il est?
• Où est-il?
• Il est où?

4- Pourquoi = Why: Why are you eating this?

• Pourquoi est-ce que tu manges ça?
• Pourquoi manges-tu ça?
• Tu manges ça pourquoi?

5- Qui = Who : Who wrote this?

• Qui est-ce qui a écrit ça? (2 qui)
• Qui a écrit ça?

Qui is the subject, so we cannot put it at the end. When “sui” is not the subject we can say:

• Qui c’est?
• c’est qui?

6- Combien = How much/ How many: How much do you want?

• Combien est-ce que tu veux?
• Combien veux-tu?
• Tu veux combien?

7- Comment = How: How are you doing that?

• Comment est-ce que tu fais ça?
• Comment fais-tu?
• Tu fais comment?

8- Quel:

8A- Quel + noun = Which or What + noun:

• Quel gâteau? = which cake?
• Quelle pomme? = which apple?
• Quelle heure est-il? = what time is it? (or il est quelle heure?)

8B- Quel est = What is, Who is, Which is:

• Quelle est la question? = What is the question?
• Quel est cet écrivain? = who is this writer? (or qui est cet…)
• De tous ces livres, quel est le plsu intéressant? = of all these books, which is the most interesting?

C’est fini!