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| Pour qui est-ce que tu travailles? |
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| une banque internationale |
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| an international bank (f) |
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e.g. où est-ce que tu habites?
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Quand
e.g. Quand est-ce que vous visitez Paris? |
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When?
When are you visiting Paris? |
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À quelle heure?
e.g. à quelle heure est-ce qu’on dîne? |
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At what time?
At what time does one eat dinner? |
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Pourquoi
e.g. Pourquoi est-ce que tu étudies le français? |
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Why?
Why do you study French? |
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| What is the pattern for information questions? |
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| interrogative expression + est-ce que / qu’ + subject + verb + object (if needed) |
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| How do you ask a casual information question? |
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| Add the interrogative expression to the end of the sentence & let voice rise; e.g. vous habitez où? |
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Can you invert an information question (put the subject after verb)?
e.g. oú habite Ann-Marie? |
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comment
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Comment est-ce que vous jouez au tennis? |
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How / how well
How well do you play tennis? |
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| j’écoute la radio quand je dîne |
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I listen to the radio when I have dinner
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| Voice la résidence où j’habite |
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Here is the dorm where I live
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qui
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qui est-ce que tu invites au concert? |
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who(m)?
Who have you invited to the concert? |
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À qui est-ce que vous télêphonez? |
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de qui
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De qui est-ce que tu parles? |
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| About whom are you speaking? |
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avec qui?
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Avec qui est-ce que Pierre étudie? |
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With who(m)?
With whom does Pierre study? |
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Pour qui
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Pour qui est-ce que ton cousin travaille? |
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For who(m)
For whom does your cousin work? |
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| How do you ask who is doing something? |
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qui + verb
e.g. qui habite ici? who lives here? |
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| If you are asking about things would you use qui, que or quoi? |
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| que’est-ce que + subject + object |
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e.g. qu’est-ce que tu étudies? what do you study |
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de quoi?
(du kwah)
e.g. de quoi est-ce que vous parlez? |
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About what?
About what do you speak? |
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| tu dînes avec tes parents? |
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| You dine with your parents? |
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| What is the stress pronoun for ‘je’ / I |
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| What is the stress pronoun for tu / you? |
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| What is the stress pronoun for il / he? |
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| What is the stress pronoun for elle / she? |
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| what is the stress pronoun for nous / we? |
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| what is the stress pronoun for vous / you (polite)? |
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| what is the stress pronoun for ils / them? |
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| what is the stress pronoun for ‘elles’ / them (f)? |
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When do you use stress pronouns?
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Reinforce a statement
After c’est and ce n’est pas
in short sentences without a verb
before and after et and ou
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| Me too (in agreement with a positive statement such as ‘j’aime voyager’) |
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Me neither
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| Mon anniversaire est le deux mai |
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| My birthday is [on] 2 May |
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| J’ai rendez-vous est le cinq juin |
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| I have a date / appointment [on] 5 June |
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| le printemps le prin-tomp |
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how do you say the first day of the month?
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| it's the answering machine |
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| on peut laisser un message |
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| comment parler au téléphone |
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| how to speak on the phone |
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| bonjour, [nom] à l’appareil |
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Qui est à l’appareil?
Ici c’est [nom] |
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Who is calling?
Here it is [name] |
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| un instant, s’il vous plaît |
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| ne quittez pas, s’il vous plaît |
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| comment laisser un message |
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Veuillez laisser un message après le bip sonore
vu-yay lei-say uh mess-aaj apreh leh bip suh-nuhr |
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| Please leave a message at the tone |
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| ici [nom]. Appelle-moi s’il te plaît. je suis au [nombre] / Mon numéro de portable est le [nombre] |
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| It is [name]. Please call me. I am at [number] / my mobile number is [number]. |
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Allô? Qui est à l’appareil?
C’est moi, Philippe |
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Hello? Who is it?
It’s me, Philippe |
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| say e.g. Dis Amélie, tu veux dîner avec moi? |
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| Avec un ordinateur, on peut communiquer avec ses amis par email |
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| With a computer, one can communicate with one’s (ses) friends) |
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| Avec un ordinateur, on peut partager ses photos / ses vidéos |
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| With a computer, one can share one’s photos / one’s videos |
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| Avec un ordinateur, on peut rester en contact avec ses amis sur Facebook |
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| post (as in ‘poster un message’) |
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| Prenez une feuille de papier |
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oui, je sais.
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Do you know …
Yes, I know
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Comprenez-vous?
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Do you understand…?
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Comment dit-on [object / word] en français?
common deit-oh [word] oh frahn-say |
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| how do you say [object / word] in French? |
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