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What is the question phrase in French?
est-ce que
The phrase est-ce que is used to ask a question. Word order stays just the same as it would in an ordinary sentence. Est-ce que comes before the subject, and the verb comes after the subject. So to turn the sentence Tu connais Marie (meaning You know Marie) into a question, all you need to do is to add est-ce que.
Which is the most formal way to make a phrase a question in French?
Inversion, or changing up the structure of a sentence, is the more formal way of asking questions in French. Normally, the subject is followed by the verb, but for the inverted questions, the verb is placed before the subject and then joined by a hyphen.
What are the three ways to ask a question in French?
There are three main ways to ask a question in French: changing the intonation of the sentence, inverting the subject and verb, or forming a negative question.
How do you ask a yes or no question in French?
In relaxed spoken French (i.e. probably in about 95\% of usage), the following is generally all you need to remember: To form a yes-no question (i.e. one that can be answered by ‘yes’ or ‘no’), you just need to put est-ce que at the beginning of the sentence: est-ce que tu travailles? do you work?
What are the types of questions in French?
Polar questions or closed questions ( questions fermées) that result in a simple yes or no answer. “WH-” questions (who, what, where, when, and why, along with how many and how much), constituent questions or open questions ( questions ouvertes) ask for information with question (interrogative) words. 1. ‘Est-Ce Que’
What are interrogative expressions in French?
Interrogative expressions – or interrogative adverbs, and sometimes interrogative adjectives – are French question words used to ask for a particular piece of information. They combine with prepositions to form more complex French questions and this is usually the part that holds students of French back when asking a question.
Why is it important to ask questions fast in French?
Asking questions fast, and being able to understand them fast as well, is an essential part of French conversation. Most students can’t answer questions fast enough because they are surprised by the word order used in French to ask a question.