32) Using question words

Ou Where

Vous allez You are going

Vous allez ou ? You are going where?

Ou allez-vous ? Where go you?

Ou est-ce que vous allez ? Where is it that you are going?

Combien How much / How many

Ils mangent They are eating

Combien de pommes mangent-ils? How many apples are they eating?

Combien de pommes ont-ils mange? How many apples have they eaten?

Combien de pommes vont-ils manger? How many apples are they going to eat?

Comment How

Allez-vous Go you

Comment allez-vous How go you?

Comment allez-vous a la gare? How go you to the station?

Comment est-ce que vous allez a la gare? How is that you’re going to the station?

Vous allez comment? You go how?

Quoi What

Ils mangeaient They were eating

Ils mangeaient quoi ? They were eating what?

Qu’est-ce que What is it that?

Qu’est-ce qu’il mangerai? What is it that they were eating?

Quoi What

Nous regardersons We will watch

Nous regarderons quoi ? We will watch what?

Qu’est-ce que nous regarderons? What is it that we will watch?

Quand When

Partez-vous Do you leave

Quand partez-vous? When do you leave?

Quand est-ce que vous partez? When is it that you leave?

Vous partez quand? You leave when?

Quand est-ce qu’il est parti? When did he leave?

Qui Who

Est la femme Is the lady

Qui est la femme? Who is the lady?

Qui est-ce que la femme. Who is the lady?

Qui est le papa? Who’s the Daddy?

Pourquoi Why

Est-ce que vous l’avez fait? Is it that you’ve done it?

Pourqoui est-ce que vous l’avez pas fait? Why have you done it?

Pourquoi Why

Il va a l’eglise He goes to church.

Il va a l’eglise pourquoi? He goes to church why?

Pourquoi est-ce qu’il va a l’eglise? Why is that he goes to church?