Forming interrogative sentences + WOD

Review 5 methods of forming questions

Est-ce que (most common)

Put at the beginning of the sentence without changing the word order

Est-ce que + subject + verb

Inversion (formal)

Invert the subject and the verb

Structure: Verb + subject…..?

Example:

Tu parles francais (you speak french)

Parles-tu francais ? (do you speak french)

Note: If verb ends in vowel and subject pronoun begins with vowel - add a “t”

ex. A-t-il fini (has he finished?)

Adding a question tag (informal)

adding a question tag at the end of a statement can turn it into a question.

common question tags - ex. n-est-ce pas? (isn’t it?) and d’accord? (okay)

structure: Statement + question tag

ex.

Tu parles francais (you speak french)

Tu parles francais, n’est ce pa? (you speak french, don’t you?)

Who is it?

Qui est-ce?

What are you doing?

Qu’est-ce que tu fais? or

Que fais-tu?

isn’t it

N’est ce pas

Now

Maintenant

Never

Jamais

Of Course

Bien Sur

Funny

Amusant(e)

Mean

Mechant(e)

Very

Très

My

Ma or Mon Alway

Always

Toujours

Not at all

Pas du tout

But

Mais

Really

Vraimont

Where are you going?

Où vas tu?