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Questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A quelle heure? | at what time? |
| combien (de)? | How many? How much? |
| comment? | How? What? |
| ou? | Where? |
| pourquoi? | Why? |
| Quand? | When? |
| que/qu' . . . ? | what? |
| quel(le) (s)? | which? What? |
| (a/avec/pour) | (to/with/for) |
| qui? | who (m)? |
| quoi? | what? |
| A qui est-ce que tu penses? | Whom are you thinking about? |
| Combien de villes y a t-il en Suisse? | How many cities are there in Switzerland? |
| Pourquoi est-ce que tu dances? | Why are you dancing? |
| Que vas-tu manger? | What are you going to eat? |
| When the question word qui (who) is the subject of a sentence | , it is followed directly by a verb. The verb in this case is always third person singular. Qui invite Patrice a diner? Who is inviting Patrice to dinner? Qui n'aime pas dancer? Who doesn't like to dance? |
| Qui invite Patrice a diner? | Who is inviting Patrice to dinner? |
| Qui n'aime pas dancer? | Who doesn't like to dance? |
| When the question word qui (whom) is the object of a sentence, | it's followed by est-ce que or inversion Qui est-ce que tu regardes? Whom are you looking at? or the reverse Qui regardes-tu? |
| Qui est-ce que tu regardes? | Whom are you looking at? |
| Although quand? and a quelle heure? can be translated as when? in English | they are not interchange able in French. Use quand to talk about a day or date, and a quelle heure to talk about a specific time of day. Quand est-ce que le cours commence? When does the class start? |
| Quand est-ce que le cours commence? | When does the class start? |
| A quelle heure est-ce qu'il commence? | At what time does it begin? |
| Il commence le lundi 28 aout. | It starts Monday August 28 (vingt-huit?) |
| Il commence a dix heures et demie. | It starts at 10:30. |
| Tu t'appelles comment? | What's your name? |
| Tu habites ou | Where do you live? |
| quoi? (what?) must immediately follow a preposition in order to be used with | est-ce que or inversion type of sentences. |
| If not preposition is necessary then | place quoi after the verb |
| A quoi pensez-vous? | What are you thinking about? |
| Elle etudie quoi? | What does she study? |
| De quoi est-ce qu'il parle? | What is he talking about? |
| Tu regardes quoi? | What are you looking at? |
| Use Comment? or Pardon? | To indicate that you don't understand what's being said. You may also use Quoi? but only in informal situations with friends. |
| Vous allez voyager cette annee? | Are you going to travel this year? |
| Comment? | I beg your pardon? |
| The interrogative adjective quel means | what or which? It varies in gender and number with the noun it modifies. |
| Quel restaurant aimes-tu? | Which restaurant do you like? |
| Quelle montre a-t-il? | What watch does he have? |
| Quels cours comencent a dix heures? | What classes start at ten o'clock? |
| Quelles filles vont a la boite de nuit? | Which girls are going to the nightclub? |