Basic French Grammar Topics
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Course Content
French Greetings3 Topics -
Subject Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to be"4 Topics
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The Verb "to have"3 Topics
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Negative Sentences3 Topics
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The Definite Article3 Topics
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The Indefinite Article3 Topics
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Zero Article3 Topics
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Partitive Articles3 Topics
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Adjectives4 Topics
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The Order of Adjectives3 Topics
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-ER Verbs (present)3 Topics
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Possessive Adjectives3 Topics
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Interrogatives4 Topics
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-IR Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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-RE Verbs (present tense)3 Topics
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Possession3 Topics
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The Verb "to make" "to do"3 Topics
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Weather Expressions4 Topics
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Numbers 1-1004 Topics
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The Date3 Topics
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Telling Time3 Topics
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The Expression "there is" "there are"3 Topics
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The Verb "to go"2 Topics
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The Near Future3 Topics
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The Expression "it is necessary"3 Topics
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Demonstrative Adjectives3 Topics
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Possessive Pronouns3 Topics
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The Verb "to put"3 Topics
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It’s important to know how to ask questions in conversations. In the table below, take a look at how to say some of the most common question words in French.
French | English |
Qui? | Who? |
Quoi? | What? |
Où? | Where? |
Quand? | When? |
Comment? | How? |
Combien? | How much? |
Question Phrases:
These question phrases often start at the beginning of sentences.
Qu’est-ce que… → What is it that…
Qui est-ce que… → Who is it that…
Est-ce que… → Is it that…
Examples:
Qu’est-ce que vous regardez? → What are you watching?
Qui est-ce que tu invites? → Who is it that you are inviting?
Est-ce que la fleur est morte? → Is it that the flower died? / Did the flower die?
Inversion
Using inversion to ask questions means the subject and verb of the sentence switch places and are connected by a hyphen. Take a look at these examples:
Tu aimes danser? Aimes-tu danser?
Do you like to danse? Do you like to dance?
Vous préférez le café ou le thé? Préférez-vous le café ou le thé?
Do you prefer coffee or tea? Do you prefer coffee or tea?
Inversion is not always necessary in a sentence. If you add a voice inflection to the end of your statement, it reveals that you are asking a question.