Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Les questions? Comment demander des question en français.

Comment demander une question:

1) inversion:  Avez-vous....?  e.g.  Avez -vous regardé un film pendant les vacances?

2) Est-ce que vous avez...?  e.g.  Est-ce que vous avez regardé un film pendant les vacances?  Est-ce que literally means:  is it that.  Using "est-ce que" with a question word will give you a more specific question and result in not just a yes or no answer.  e.g.  Quel film est-ce que vous avez regardé pendant les vacances?

3) inflection at the end, raise your voice.  Turn a statement into a question with tone.  e.g.  Vous avez regardé un film pendant les vacances?

4) using n'est-ce pas or non:  Vous avez regardé un film, n'est-ce pas? or Vous avez regardé un film, non?

5)use question words: que, quoi, qui, comment, combien, pourquoi, quand, où, quel(le)  e.g.  Quel film est-ce que vous avez regardé?

Que? Qui? and Quoi? mean who, whom, what and whose; Comment? means how; Combien? means how many; Pourquoi? means why; Quand? means when; Où? means where; and Quel(le)? means which.

The following link has the same information, but with many more examples of how to make questions.

http://www.talkinfrench.com/ask-questions-french/

Here is a weird video that uses the first question format in its title sequence.
http://youtu.be/kgBlCij4APU

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