questions ii how do you form questions in french??

Questions II

How do you Form Questions in French??

Last time we learned 3 ways:

Example sentence: Tu vas à l’aéroport.

Raising voice: Tu vas à l’aéroport?

Est-ce que: Est-ce que Tu vas à l’aéroport?

Inversion: Vas-tu à l’aéroport?

there are more rules to Making questions.

The new rules only factor in when talking about

inversion

As we said, inversion is:

“Tu vas à la piscine” becomming “Vas-tu à la piscine.”

First rule to add on

You can NEVER switch the subject and the verb if the subject is “Je.”

Tu vas à la piscine -- vas-tu à la piscine

Je vais à l’école CANNOT BECOME Vais - Je à l’école.

Rule one continued

If you want to ask a question with “Je,” you can use:

Raising voice: Je vais à l’école.

Est-ce que: Est-ce que je vais à l’école?

In your notes, make questions out of:

Je trouve le stylo.

Je mange le fruit.

Je sais skier (to ski).

Answers:

“Est-ce que je trouve le stylo?” OR “Je trouve le stylo?”

“Est-ce que je mange le fruit?” OR “Je mange le fruit?”

“ Est-ce que je sais skier?” OR “Je sais skier?”

The second rule

Try to use inversion with this sentence:

Il étudie.

Problem

étudie - il?

It sounds strange. You’ve got the e sound and the i sound. It doesn’t flow.

So, you add a “-t-’ between the two.

étudie - t-il?

That flows better

Just to clarify

The official rule is that with any subject other than “Je (doesn’t work for this), Tu, Nous, or Vous,” you need to add a “t” when inverting.

On va ------ va - t- on?

Il a -------- a-t-il?

The nice part about this

Don’t add a “t” if there is one already there.

il est ----- est-il

ils vont ----- vont- ils

Let’s try a few in our notes

Il va

Elle danse

On sait

Answers

Va- t - il

Danse - t- elle

Sait - on

French children are making fun of you by mimicking everything you say. One of them is telling you something. Turn everything they say into a question.

Tu es fou.

Il étudie!

Elle rigole.

Nous aimons les chats.

Il trouve tes lunettes.

Elle casse la fenêtre.

On déteste les chiens.

Elle fait fi de toi.

Nous mangeons les carrottes.

Elles réussissent à l’examen.

The kid is not taking the hint. Start asking him questions. Translate the following.

Do you like to study?

Do you hate to play?

Do you go?

Do you know (connaître) Philip?

Do you know how to do math (faire les maths)?

Do you work?

Do you give gifts (donner les cadeaux)?

Do you buy Dvds (les dvds)?

Do you watch T.V. (regarder la télé).