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1. Est-ce que

Comment est-ce qu’on pose des questions en français? Comment pose-t-on des questions en français? Qui sait comment poser des questions en français? Quand est-ce qu’on pose des questions en français?. 1. Est-ce que.

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1. Est-ce que

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  1. Comment est-ce qu’on pose des questions en français?Comment pose-t-on des questions en français?Qui sait comment poser des questions en français?Quand est-ce qu’on pose des questions en français?

  2. 1. Est-ceque • Est-ceque, literally translated "is it that," can be placed at the beginning of any affirmative sentence to turn it into a question:    • Je danse. Est-cequevousdansez ?   Do you dance?    • Il veutvoir un film. Est-cequetuveuxvoir un film ?   Do you want to see a movie?    • Elle estici, est-cequ'ilestarrivé ?   Has he arrived?

  3. Question words • combien (de) - how many/much • comment - how, what • où – where • pourquoi – why • quand - when

  4. Question word + est-ceque • Place any question words in front of est-ceque:    • Quandest-cequetuveuxpartir ?   When do you want to leave?    • Pourquoiest-cequ'il a menti ?   Why did he lie?   • Quellivreest-cequevous cherchez ?   What book are you looking for?

  5. Inversion • A more common way to ask questions is with inversion: invert the conjugated verb and the subject pronoun and join them with a hyphen: • Dansez-vous ?   Do you dance?    • Veux-tuvoir un film ?   Do you want to see a movie?    • Est-ilarrivé ?   Has he arrived?

  6. Again, place any interrogative words at the beginning of the question:  • Quandveux-tupartir ?   When do you want to leave?    • Quellivre cherchez-vous ?   What book are you looking for? • Pourquoi a-t-ilmenti ?**   Why did he lie? • **When using inversion with the 3rd person singular (il, elle, on) and a verb that ends in a vowel, you must add t- between the verb and subject pronoun

  7. N’est-ce pas? • If you're pretty sure the answer to your question is yes, you can just make an affirmative statement and then add the tag n'est-ce pas ? to the end. This is also informal:    • Tudanses, n'est-ce pas ?   You dance, right?    • Tuveuxvoir un film, n'est-ce pas ?   You want to see a movie, right?    • Il estarrivé, n'est-ce pas ?   He arrived, right?

  8. Ouivs Si • There is a special French word, si, that is used only when responding in the affirmative to a negative question.

  9. Quel • Like all French adjectives, quel has to agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. • Pierre m'aprêté un livre. Quellivre ?   Pierre loaned me a book. Which book?    • Nous devonspartiravant midi. Quelleheureest-il ?   We have to leave before noon. What time is it?

  10. Quel (inversion) • Quellivreveux-tu ? / Quellivreest-cequetuveux ?   What book do you want?   • Quelles pommes aime-t-il ? / Quelles pommes est-cequ'ilaime ?   Which apples does he like?

  11. You can’t end sentences / questions with a preposition: • Quelleheureveux-tupartirà? • Quelslivresest-cequ’ilparle de? • Quel + noun may be preceded by a preposition: • À quelleheureveux-tupartir ? / À quelleheureest-cequetuveuxpartir ?   What time do you want to leave?    • De quelslivresparle-t-il ? / De quelslivresest-cequ'ilparle ?   What books is he talking about?

  12. What is / What are To ask "what is ...?" or "what are ...?" use quel+ the appropriate conjugation of être: • Quelest le problème ?   What's the problem?    • Quellessont les différences ?   What are the differences?

  13. Quoi cannot start a question • Quoi est la date ? Quelleest la date? • Quoi estvotre nom ? Quelestvotre nom? • Quoi penses-tu ? Qu’est-cequetupenses?

  14. Translate each twice, once with est-ceque & once with inversion! 1. Are you (tu) studying French? 
2. How many cats do they (masc) have? 
3. Where does he live? 
4. What restaurants do they (fem) like? 
5. What is your (vous) favourite food?
6. Which house are you (vous) buying?
7. Who works in Paris? 
8. Why does she love movies? 
9. What bike do you (tu) want? 
10. What does he eat?

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