{"id":143,"date":"2024-02-22T19:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/frenchoer1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=143"},"modified":"2024-02-22T19:03:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:03:40","slug":"2-16-structure-formation-des-questions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/frenchoer1\/chapter\/2-16-structure-formation-des-questions\/","title":{"raw":"2.16: Structure - Formation des questions","rendered":"2.16: Structure &#8211; Formation des questions"},"content":{"raw":"<p class=\"lt-human-104290\">In this section, you will learn how to form questions<\/p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"box-note\">\r\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"box-legend editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Media Alternative<\/span><\/h2>\r\nListen to the audio clips that follow on this page to hear the French pronunciation of vocabulary and examples presented.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<div id=\"section_1\" class=\"mt-section\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"editable\">On \u00e9tudie !<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"mt-video-widget\">\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4o5ia2vy0wk[\/embed]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">There are four\u00a0ways to form \"yes\" or \"no\" questions: , (a) using <strong>est-ce que<\/strong>, (b) inversion, (c) change in intonation and (d) using <strong>n'est-ce pas.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(a) You can also simply add <strong>Est-ce que...<\/strong> to the beginning of any statement and it becomes a question:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Tu habites \u00e0 Paris. (You live in Paris.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> tu habites \u00e0 Paris ? (Do you live in Paris?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Tu aimes le cours d'espagnol. (You like Spanish class.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> tu aimes le cours d'espagnol ? (Do you like Spanish class?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe. (There are French people in the class.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce <\/strong><strong>qu'<\/strong>il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ? (Are there French people in the class?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Notice that <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> is contracted to <strong>Est-ce qu'<\/strong> when followed by a vowel.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(b) Inversion. Like English, French uses inversion to form a question in which the verb comes before the subject (e.g., Is he there?). In writing, you must connect the verbe and subject with a hyphen (-), e.g., <strong>voulez-vous<\/strong> un caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Except for certain formulaic expressions, inversion is used more in writing than in speech in French.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\r\n\r\n<table class=\"mt-responsive-table\"><caption>Questions avec inversion<\/caption>\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Anglais<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Comment <strong>allez-vous ?<\/strong> Comment <strong>vas-tu ?<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">How are you?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Comment <strong>s'appelle-t-il ?<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">What is his name?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\"><strong>Est-ce<\/strong> un stylo ?<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Is that a pen?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\"><strong>\u00cates-vous<\/strong> camerounais ?<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Are you Cameroonian?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">D'o\u00f9 <strong>viens-tu ?<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Where are you from?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Qui <strong>est-ce ?<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Who is it?<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">In the question <strong>Comment s'appelle-t-il ?<\/strong> above, a <strong>-t<\/strong>- is inserted (with hypens) to prevent two vowels from blending together. For example, without the <strong>-t-<\/strong>, the end of <strong>s'appelle<\/strong> would merge with <strong>il<\/strong>, and it could be difficult to understand. This also happens when the expression <strong>il y a<\/strong> is inverted for questions:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Y a-t-il<\/strong> des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\">Quel \u00e2ge <strong>a-t-il ?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>A-t-il<\/strong> un stylo ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Or when the conjugated verb ends with a vowel:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Aime-t-elle<\/strong> le film ?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"box-note\">\r\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 class=\"box-legend lt-human-109008 editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Note<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">The inversion aiment-ils already has a <strong>t<\/strong> to pronounce (i.e., a <strong>liaison<\/strong>)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">If the subject is a noun, and not a pronoun, then in the case of the third person singular and plural, we first place the noun at the beginning of the question then follow the steps above to invert the verb and a subject pronoun.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Les sciences sont-elles<\/strong> difficiles ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Marie, aime-t-elle<\/strong> les maths ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Inversion is important to understand, but when in doubt, keep it simple and use the other three formations above. You should definitely practice adding <strong>est-ce que<\/strong> to a statement because it is very common (and different from English).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(c) Change in <strong>Intonation<\/strong>. In everyday conversation, the most common way to ask a question is to simply use a rising intonation. We have seen this already with <strong>\u00c7a va ?<\/strong> where the statement <strong>\u00c7a va<\/strong> is said with a questioning intonation. You basically take any statement and make it a question like this:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008 mt-indent-1\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Tu habites \u00e0 Paris ?<\/strong> (You live in Paris?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Tu aimes le cours d'espagnol ?<\/strong> (You like Spanish class?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ?<\/strong> (There are French people in the class?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(d) With \"<strong>..., <\/strong><strong>n'est-ce<\/strong><strong> pas ?\".<\/strong> You can also add <strong>n'est-ce pas ?<\/strong> to a sentence when you are asking for confirmation of the statement.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Mboup et Kass\u00e9 sont s\u00e9n\u00e9galais, <strong>n'est-ce pas ? <\/strong>(Mboup and Kass\u00e9 are Senegalese, aren't they?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Oui, ils sont\u00a0s\u00e9n\u00e9galais. (Yes, they're Senegalese.)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">You could also use <strong>non<\/strong> in the same way:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Tu l'aimes bien, <strong>non ? <\/strong> (You like it, no?\u00a0right? don't you?)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Here is a summary of the four ways to form \"yes\" or \"no\" questions:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\r\n\r\n<table class=\"mt-responsive-table\"><caption>Types de questions<\/caption>\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Structures<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Exemples<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" width=\"180\" data-th=\"Structures\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\"><strong>E<\/strong><b>st-ce que<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" width=\"222\" data-th=\"Exemples\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Est-ce que tu bois du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Est-ce qu\u2019elle habite \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" width=\"180\" data-th=\"Structures\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Inversion<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" width=\"222\" data-th=\"Exemples\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Bois-tu du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Habite-t-elle \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Les \u00e9tudiants, vont-ils au caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" width=\"180\" data-th=\"Structures\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Intonation<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" width=\"222\" data-th=\"Exemples\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Tu bois du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Vous habitez \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" width=\"180\" data-th=\"Structures\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">..., <b>n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" width=\"222\" data-th=\"Exemples\">\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Tu bois du caf\u00e9, n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Elle habite \u00e0 Paris, n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<div class=\"box-definition\">\r\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3 class=\"box-legend lt-human-104348 editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Ressources\u00a0suppl\u00e9mentaires<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0tgXagvolU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0tgXagvolU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with <strong>est-ce que<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58kpyGQpamQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58kpyGQpamQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with inversion<\/a>s.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzC0DEdBno0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzC0DEdBno0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with <strong>n'est-ce pas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Find out more about <a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lawlessfrench.com\/grammar\/tag-questions\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawlessfrench.com\/grammar\/tag-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">question tags<\/a> in French and <a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/nest-ce-pas-1371313\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/nest-ce-pas-1371313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">when to use <strong>n\u2019est-ce pas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<footer class=\"mt-content-footer\">\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"autoattribution-divider\" \/>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"autoattribution\">\r\n\r\n<a class=\"internal mt-self-link\" href=\"https:\/\/human.libretexts.org\/Bookshelves\/Languages\/French\/French_OER_1_(Carrasco_Zahedi_and_Parrish)\/02%3A_Unite_2_-_A_l'universite\/2.16%3A_Structure_-_Formation_des_questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"internal noopener\">2.16: Structure - Formation des questions<\/a> is shared under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CC BY-NC 4.0<\/a> license and was authored, remixed, and\/or curated by LibreTexts.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/footer>","rendered":"<p class=\"lt-human-104290\">In this section, you will learn how to form questions<\/p>\n<section class=\"box-note\">\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"box-legend editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Media Alternative<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Listen to the audio clips that follow on this page to hear the French pronunciation of vocabulary and examples presented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"section_1\" class=\"mt-section\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"editable\">On \u00e9tudie !<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mt-video-widget\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"2.16 Formation des questions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4o5ia2vy0wk?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">There are four\u00a0ways to form &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; questions: , (a) using <strong>est-ce que<\/strong>, (b) inversion, (c) change in intonation and (d) using <strong>n&#8217;est-ce pas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(a) You can also simply add <strong>Est-ce que&#8230;<\/strong> to the beginning of any statement and it becomes a question:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Tu habites \u00e0 Paris. (You live in Paris.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> tu habites \u00e0 Paris ? (Do you live in Paris?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Tu aimes le cours d&#8217;espagnol. (You like Spanish class.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> tu aimes le cours d&#8217;espagnol ? (Do you like Spanish class?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">Il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe. (There are French people in the class.) \u2014&gt; <strong>Est-ce <\/strong><strong>qu&#8217;<\/strong>il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ? (Are there French people in the class?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Notice that <strong>Est-ce que<\/strong> is contracted to <strong>Est-ce qu&#8217;<\/strong> when followed by a vowel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(b) Inversion. Like English, French uses inversion to form a question in which the verb comes before the subject (e.g., Is he there?). In writing, you must connect the verbe and subject with a hyphen (-), e.g., <strong>voulez-vous<\/strong> un caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Except for certain formulaic expressions, inversion is used more in writing than in speech in French.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<table class=\"mt-responsive-table\">\n<caption>Questions avec inversion<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/th>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Anglais<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Comment <strong>allez-vous ?<\/strong> Comment <strong>vas-tu ?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">How are you?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Comment <strong>s&#8217;appelle-t-il ?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">What is his name?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\"><strong>Est-ce<\/strong> un stylo ?<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Is that a pen?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\"><strong>\u00cates-vous<\/strong> camerounais ?<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Are you Cameroonian?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">D&#8217;o\u00f9 <strong>viens-tu ?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Where are you from?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Fran\u00e7ais\">Qui <strong>est-ce ?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" data-th=\"Anglais\">Who is it?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">In the question <strong>Comment s&#8217;appelle-t-il ?<\/strong> above, a <strong>-t<\/strong>&#8211; is inserted (with hypens) to prevent two vowels from blending together. For example, without the <strong>-t-<\/strong>, the end of <strong>s&#8217;appelle<\/strong> would merge with <strong>il<\/strong>, and it could be difficult to understand. This also happens when the expression <strong>il y a<\/strong> is inverted for questions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Y a-t-il<\/strong> des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\">Quel \u00e2ge <strong>a-t-il ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>A-t-il<\/strong> un stylo ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Or when the conjugated verb ends with a vowel:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Aime-t-elle<\/strong> le film ?<\/p>\n<div class=\"box-note\">\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"box-legend lt-human-109008 editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Note<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">The inversion aiment-ils already has a <strong>t<\/strong> to pronounce (i.e., a <strong>liaison<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">If the subject is a noun, and not a pronoun, then in the case of the third person singular and plural, we first place the noun at the beginning of the question then follow the steps above to invert the verb and a subject pronoun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Les sciences sont-elles<\/strong> difficiles ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Marie, aime-t-elle<\/strong> les maths ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Inversion is important to understand, but when in doubt, keep it simple and use the other three formations above. You should definitely practice adding <strong>est-ce que<\/strong> to a statement because it is very common (and different from English).<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(c) Change in <strong>Intonation<\/strong>. In everyday conversation, the most common way to ask a question is to simply use a rising intonation. We have seen this already with <strong>\u00c7a va ?<\/strong> where the statement <strong>\u00c7a va<\/strong> is said with a questioning intonation. You basically take any statement and make it a question like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008 mt-indent-1\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Tu habites \u00e0 Paris ?<\/strong> (You live in Paris?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Tu aimes le cours d&#8217;espagnol ?<\/strong> (You like Spanish class?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\"><strong>Il y a des Fran\u00e7ais dans la classe ?<\/strong> (There are French people in the class?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">(d) With &#8220;<strong>&#8230;, <\/strong><strong>n&#8217;est-ce<\/strong><strong> pas ?&#8221;.<\/strong> You can also add <strong>n&#8217;est-ce pas ?<\/strong> to a sentence when you are asking for confirmation of the statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Mboup et Kass\u00e9 sont s\u00e9n\u00e9galais, <strong>n&#8217;est-ce pas ? <\/strong>(Mboup and Kass\u00e9 are Senegalese, aren&#8217;t they?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Oui, ils sont\u00a0s\u00e9n\u00e9galais. (Yes, they&#8217;re Senegalese.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">You could also use <strong>non<\/strong> in the same way:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-2 lt-human-109008\">\u2014 Tu l&#8217;aimes bien, <strong>non ? <\/strong> (You like it, no?\u00a0right? don&#8217;t you?)<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Here is a summary of the four ways to form &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; questions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-indent-1\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<table class=\"mt-responsive-table\">\n<caption>Types de questions<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Structures<\/th>\n<th class=\"mt-align-center\" scope=\"col\">Exemples<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 180px;\" data-th=\"Structures\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\"><strong>E<\/strong><b>st-ce que<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" data-th=\"Exemples\" style=\"width: 222px;\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Est-ce que tu bois du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Est-ce qu\u2019elle habite \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 180px;\" data-th=\"Structures\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Inversion<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" data-th=\"Exemples\" style=\"width: 222px;\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Bois-tu du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Habite-t-elle \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Les \u00e9tudiants, vont-ils au caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 180px;\" data-th=\"Structures\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Intonation<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" data-th=\"Exemples\" style=\"width: 222px;\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Tu bois du caf\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Vous habitez \u00e0 Paris ?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; width: 180px;\" data-th=\"Structures\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">&#8230;, <b>n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"lt-human-109008\" valign=\"top\" data-th=\"Exemples\" style=\"width: 222px;\">\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Tu bois du caf\u00e9, n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Elle habite \u00e0 Paris, n\u2019est-ce pas ?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"box-definition\">\n<div class=\"mt-section\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"box-legend lt-human-104348 editable\"><span class=\"lt-icon-default\">Ressources\u00a0suppl\u00e9mentaires<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0tgXagvolU\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0tgXagvolU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with <strong>est-ce que<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58kpyGQpamQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58kpyGQpamQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with inversion<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Watch this video tutorial:\u00a0<a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzC0DEdBno0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nzC0DEdBno0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">asking questions with <strong>n&#8217;est-ce pas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lt-human-109008\">Find out more about <a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lawlessfrench.com\/grammar\/tag-questions\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawlessfrench.com\/grammar\/tag-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">question tags<\/a> in French and <a class=\"link-https\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/nest-ce-pas-1371313\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/nest-ce-pas-1371313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">when to use <strong>n\u2019est-ce pas<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"mt-content-footer\">\n<hr class=\"autoattribution-divider\" \/>\n<div class=\"autoattribution\">\n<p><a class=\"internal mt-self-link\" href=\"https:\/\/human.libretexts.org\/Bookshelves\/Languages\/French\/French_OER_1_(Carrasco_Zahedi_and_Parrish)\/02%3A_Unite_2_-_A_l'universite\/2.16%3A_Structure_-_Formation_des_questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"internal noopener\">2.16: Structure &#8211; 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