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How to ask questions

Yes and no questions

An illustration of the different ways that questions can be asked in French

There are different ways to ask questions to which the answer is 鈥榶es鈥 or 鈥榥o鈥.

  • Keep the word order the same as a statement, and add a question mark. For example:

Tu aimes aller aux concerts ? - Do you like going to concerts?

Vous allez regarder le match ce soir ? - Are you going to watch the match this evening?

  • Add Est-ce que to the start of the question and keep the word order the same as a statement.
Est-ce que + subject + verb + ?

For example:

Est-ce que vous avez mang茅 ? 鈥 Have you eaten?

Est-ce qu鈥檕n va aller au supermarch茅 ? 鈥 Are we going to go to the supermarket?

  • Switch the and the at the start of the question. Remember to add a hyphen between the verb and the in your writing. If the verb ends with a vowel and the subject pronoun starts with a vowel (il, elle or on), add -t- between them.

For example:

Faites-vous vos devoirs ce soir ? 鈥 Are you doing your homework tonight?

A-t-il une nouvelle voiture ? 鈥 Does he have a new car?

Translate these sentences into French using all three question forms.

Question

Do you like eating chips? (tu)

Question

Did they go to the bank? (ils)

Question

Are you going to study French in the future? (vous)