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Interrogative phrases

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Converting a How do French people convert a declarative sentence into an interrogative one?
declarative sentence
into an interrogative
one Est-ce que... is very commonly used.
Pourquoi (why) Tu participes à toutes nos réunions.
Comment (how) You take part in all our meetings.
Où (where) Est-ce que tu participes à toutes nos réunions ?
Quand (when) Do you take part in all our meetings?
Qui (who) Il joue au football.
He plays soccer.
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Est-ce qu'il joue au football ?
Table of contents Does he play soccer?
Marie aime la peinture.
Marie is fond of painting.
Est-ce que Marie aime la peinture ?
Is Marie fond of painting?
Nos amis préparent le dîner.
Our friends are preparing the dinner.
Est-ce que nos amis préparent le dîner ?
Do our friends prepare the dinner?

Tu participes à toutes nos réunions.

You take part in all our meetings.
becomes:
Participes-tu à toutes nos réunions ?
Do you take part in all our meetings?
Note: a dash must be included between the verb and the subject.
Il joue au football.
He plays soccer.
Joue-t-il au football ?
Does he play soccer?
Note: add -t- between the verb and the subject when the verb ends with a vowel and the subject begins with a vowel.
Marie aime la peinture.
Marie is fond of painting.
Marie aime-t-elle la peinture ?
Is Marie fond of painting?
Note: You can't say : "Aime Marie la peinture ?" Instead, replace the firstname by the corresponding pronoun and keep
the firstname at the beginning of the phrase. Here is a last example with the same rule:
Nos amis préparent le dîner.
Our friends are preparing the dinner.
Nos amis préparent-ils le dîner ?
Do our friends prepare the dinner?

Even easier! Just add a question mark and change your voice tone.
 Let's get the examples we used in the previous pages:
Tu participes à toutes nos réunions.
You take part in all our meetings.
Tu participes à toutes nos réunions ?
Do you take part in all our meetings?
Il joue au football.
He plays soccer.
Il joue au football ?
Does he play soccer?
Marie aime la peinture.
Marie is fond of painting.
Marie aime la peinture ?
Is Marie found of painting?
Nos amis préparent le dîner.
Our friends are preparing the dinner.
Nos amis préparent le dîner ?
Do our friends prepare the dinner?

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