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Level 19 - Asking Questions (Part 1)

If you want to ask a question in French there are a number of ways to do it. One of these is to put a question mark at the end of the sentence and change the tone of your voice to make it sound like a question:

c'est jeudi
c'est jeudi?

tu as un frère
tu as un frère?

  

it's Thursday
is it Thursday?

you have a brother
do you have a brother?

Another way of doing it is to take the sentence then simply put est-ce que in front of it. Est-ce que means 'is it that', so when you say est-ce que tu as un frère you are actually saying 'is it that you have a brother?'. If the word after que begins with a vowel the que becomes qu'. Here are some examples.

le café est dans la place
est-ce que le café est dans la place?

c'est mercredi
est-ce que c'est mercredi?

elle a une demi-sœur
est-ce qu'elle a une demi-sœur?

il porte une écharpe bleue
est-ce qu'il porte une écharpe bleue?

  

the café is in the square
is the café in the square?

it's Wednesday
is it Wednesday?

she has a half-sister
does she have a half-sister?

he is wearing a blue scarf
is he wearing a blue scarf?

The third (and hardest) way - if the sentence includes je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles - is to change the order of the person and the verb:

vous avez mon stylo
avez-vous mon stylo?

tu es dans le magasin
es-tu dans le magasin?

  

you have my pen
do you have my pen?

you are in the shop
are you in the shop?

Other questions you can ask such as 'who?', 'why?', 'when?' etc can be found in Level 43.

Test yourself!

Translate from French into English, then from English into French. Highlight the right-hand column to reveal the answers.

1

est-ce que c'est un ordinateur?

= is it a computer?

2

c'est un ordinateur?

= is it a computer?

3

tu as un frère?

= do you have a brother?

4

est-ce que tu as une sœur?

= do you have a sister?

5

as-tu un cousin?

= do you have a cousin?

6

est-ce qu'il choisit le jean bleu?

= does he choose the blue jeans?

7

il choisit le jean noir?

= does he choose the black jeans?

8

choisit-il le jean gris?

= does he choose the grey jeans?

9

est-ce que tu as un pull?

= do you have a jumper?

10

est-ce que vous vous amusez?

= are you enjoying yourself (yourselves)?

11

est-ce que c'est vendredi?

= is it Friday?

12

est-ce que ce sont mes gants?

= are they my gloves?

13

est-ce qu'ils arrivent?

= are they arriving?

14

est-ce que Jeanne attend

= is Jeanne waiting?

15

habites-tu dans la ville?

= do you live in the town?

16

is the pen in the pencil case?

= (est-ce que) le stylo est dans la trousse?

17

do you have my ruler?

= (est-ce que) tu as ma règle?

18

is the teacher in the classroom?

= (est-ce que) le professeur est dans la salle de classe?

19

is it my brother?

= (est-ce que) c'est mon frère?

20

does the shop open?

= (est-ce que) le magasin ouvre?

21

do you like my t-shirt?

= (est-ce que) tu aimes mon pull? /
= aimes-tu mon pull?

22

are they in the bookshop?

= (est-ce qu')ils sont dans la librairie? /
= sont-ils dans la librairie?

23

do you (sg.) smoke?

= (est-ce que) tu fumes? /
= fumes-tu?

24

do you (pl.) dance?

= (est-ce que) vous dansez? /
= dansez-vous?

25

do they get on with my mother?

= (est-ce qu')ils s'entendent avec ma mère?
= s'entendent-ils avec ma mère?


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