#interrogative sentences

[requested by @euryaele]

first off, some vocab!!

qui

où = where 

quand = when [or à quelle heure = at what time]

pourquoi = why 

quoi = what 

quel/quelle/quels/quelles = which [masc + fem, singular + plural]

now for the grammar part! there are three ways to write an interrogative sentence in french:

like a declarative sentence 

with est-ce que

with inversion 

the first and third ways are the most frequently used in spoken french, and for me the second way is just extremely middle school french club™ but it’s still used a lot.

the first method of writing a question is arguably the simplest: just write it the same way as you’d write a normal sentence. if your sentence uses a question word, it goes at the end of the sentence. 

tu vas où? - where are you going? [lit. you go where?]

tu as fait tes devoirs? - did you do your homework? [lit. you did your homework?]

elle fait quoi? - what is she doing? [lit. you do what?]

the second method is almost the same, but with the construction est-ce que added in at the beginning. if you have a question word, it goes at the beginning of the sentence, even before est-ce que.

où est-ce que tu vas? - where are you going [lit. where is it that you go?]

est-ce que tu as fait tes devoirs? - did you do your homework? [lit. is it that you have done your homework?]

qu’est ce qu’elle fait? - what is she doing? [lit. what is it that she is doing?]

this method leads to what is, in my opinion, the single worst sentence in the whole language: qu’est ce que c’est? - what is it? [lit. what is it that this is?] but this is a pretty commonly used phrase so keep it in mind!

the third and final method is a little bit weirder: flip the order of the subject and verb, and hyphenate them. again, question words go at at the beginning of the sentence. 

où vas-tu? - where are you going? [lit. where go-you?]

as-tu fait tes devoirs? - did you do your homework? [lit. have-you done your homework?]

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