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Mind Map by Leah Firmstone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Leah Firmstone
about 8 years ago
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Asking Questions
- Question Words
- Où?
- Where?
- Where?
- Quand?
- When?
- When?
- A quelle heure?
- When?
- When?
- Comment?
- How?
- How?
- Combien?
- How many?
- How much?
- How many?
- Combien de
temps?
- How long?
- How long?
- Pourquoi?
- Why?
- Why?
- Où?
- Spoken/Informal
- The most common method of
asking questions in informal
french is to use a statement
either with rising intonation or
with a question word added.
- Eg. "Tu vas trouver un
emploi à Brighton?"
- "Are you going to get
a job in Brighton?"
- "Are you going to get
a job in Brighton?"
- Eg. L'avion part à quelle heure?
- "What time does the
plane leave?"
- "What time does the
plane leave?"
- This form of
question can only
be used in spoken
French, or in
informal written
French, such as a
letter to a close
friend.
- The most common method of
asking questions in informal
french is to use a statement
either with rising intonation or
with a question word added.
- Formal
- Inverting the verb and the subject
- Eg. "Pourriez-vous m'écrire une lettre de
recommendation pour un employeur
éventuel?"
- "Could you write me a letter of
recommendation for a potential employer?"
- "Could you write me a letter of
recommendation for a potential employer?"
- Eg. "Quelle matières
a-t-il étudiées à
l'université?
- "What subjects did he
study at university?"
- There is an addition of "-t-" to bridge the gap
between two vowels to aid pronunciation.
- "What subjects did he
study at university?"
- Eg. "Pourquoi Pierre veut-il aller en
Grande-Bretagne?"
- "Why does Pierre want to go to Britain?"
- If the subject of the
verb is a noun, the
appropriate
pronoun is used
with the verb.
- "Why does Pierre want to go to Britain?"
- Eg. "Pourriez-vous m'écrire une lettre de
recommendation pour un employeur
éventuel?"
- Using "est-ce que?" to avoid the inversion
- "Que vas-tu faire" =
"Qu'est-ce que tu
vas faire?"
- "What do you want to do?"
- "What do you want to do?"
- "Comment espère-t-il gagner sa vie?" =
"Comment est-ce qu'il espère gagner sa vie?"
- "How do you hope
to make a living?"
- "How do you hope
to make a living?"
- "Que vas-tu faire" =
"Qu'est-ce que tu
vas faire?"
- Inverting the verb and the subject
- Translating 'what' in
questions
- Direct questions
- Qu'est-ce qui
- Eg. "Qu'est-ce qui
intéresse Pierre
comme emploi?"
- "What interests Pierre in
the job line?"
- "What interests Pierre in
the job line?"
- Eg. "Qu'est-ce qui
intéresse Pierre
comme emploi?"
- Qu'est-ce que
- Eg. "Qu'est-ce
que tu vas
faire après le
bac?"
- "What are you going
to do after A-levels?"
- "What are you going
to do after A-levels?"
- Eg. "Qu'est-ce
que tu vas
faire après le
bac?"
- Qu'est-ce qui
- With a preposition
- En quoi
- Eg. "En quoi
puis-je vous
aider?"
- "In what way can I help you?"
- "In what way can I help you?"
- Eg. "En quoi
puis-je vous
aider?"
- À quoi
- Eg. "À quoi servent les
études supérieures?"
- "What is the use of
higher education?"
- "What is the use of
higher education?"
- Eg. "À quoi servent les
études supérieures?"
- De quoi
- Eg. "De quoi
parlez-vous?"
- "What are you
talking about?"
- "What are you
talking about?"
- Eg. "De quoi
parlez-vous?"
- En quoi
- With a noun
- "What" becomes
and adjective
- Quel
- Quelle
- Quels
- Quelles
- Quel
- Eg. "Quel emploi
as-tu choisi?"
- "What job
have you
chosen?"
- "What job
have you
chosen?"
- "What" becomes
and adjective
- Direct questions
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