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Mar 2017
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FYW 111 : Questions in French (Part 1): ...

JESSICA: NATIVE FRENCH TEACHER, FOUNDER OF FRENCH YOUR WAY
About this episode

This episode is the first part of a series about how to ask questions in French. If you ever travel to France and engage in any interaction with a native French speaker, you’ll definitely need to ask them questions in French! In order to give you the confidence to do so, this episode will focus on the 3 ways to ask a same question in French. All you need is to be aware of the 3 possible structures so you put words in the correct order! I’ll cover both closed questions (also called Yes/No questions) and open questions.

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

Tu es content?
Est-ce que tu es content?
Es-tu content?
Jessica aime le chocolat?
Est-ce que Jessica aime le chocolat?
Jessica aime-t-elle le chocolat?
Tes parents habitent où?
Où tes parents habitent?
Où est-ce que tes parents habitent ?
Tes parents, où habitent-ils?
Où tes parents habitent-ils?
Pourquoi tu es végétarien(ne)?
Pourquoi est-ce que tu es végétarien(ne)?
Pourquoi es-tu végétarien(ne)?
Tu préfères (le thé, le café)?
Tu préfères quoi?
Qu’est-ce que tu préfères?
Que préfères -tu?
C’est quoi?
Qu’est-ce que c’est?
Qu’est-ce ?

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