Questions in French: What, When, Who…
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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:
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!
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