Asking Questions
French: AQA A Level, topic 12.11.1
What, Which, Where?
Key vocab
- Qui? - who?
- Quoi? - what?
- Où? - where?
- Que, qu'est-ce que? - what?
- Quel/quelle? - which, what?
Examples of questions
- Qui parle?
- Who is speaking?
- Que pensez-vous?
- What do you think?
- Où travaille ton père?
- Where does your dad work?
Examples of questions
- De quoi s'agit-il?
- What is it about?
- Quelle est la prochaine étape?
- What is the next step?
Why? When? How? How Much?
Combien? - how much, how many?
- C'est combien?
- How much is it?
Comment? - how? / what... like?
- Comment vas-tu?
- How are you doing?
- Comment est ta maison?
- What is your house like?
Pourquoi? - why?
- Pourquoi tu es toujours triste?
- Why are you always sad?
- Pourquoi vous faites ça?
- Why are you doing that?
Quand? - when?
- Quand voudrais-tu partir?
- When would you like to leave?
Est-ce que...
'Est-ce que...?' can be put before any positive sentence to make a question. 'Est-ce que...?' literally means 'is it that'.
Key vocab
- Qu’est-ce que...? - what is it that?
- Qu’est-ce qui...? - what is it that?
- Qu’est-ce que c’est? - what is it?
With a positive sentence
- Est-ce que tu aimes danser?
- Do you like to dance?
- Est-ce qu'elle est arrivée?
- Has she arrived?
- Est-ce que tu veux faire un tour?
- Do you want to take a walk?
With question words
- Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire?
- What are you going to do?
- Comment est-ce que je me sens le lendemain matin?
- How do I feel the next morning?
- De quoi est-ce que tu parles?
- What are you talking about?
Test yourself on Asking Questions
Which of these does NOT mean 'what' in French?
How do you say 'how' in French?
How do you say 'how much' in French?
How do you say 'what is that' in French?