Interrogatives

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  • Interrogatives
    • Interrogative Adjectives
      • French has one IA with four forms (quel, quelle, quels, & quelles)
      • It translates to "which" or "what"
        • French has one IA with four forms (quel, quelle, quels, & quelles)
      • Cannot stand alone and must modify a noun
        • The noun it modifies must be adjacent to it or seperated by a form of être
          • "Quelle fille ?" - Which girl?
          • "Quel est le problème?" - What is the problem?
      • Exclamatory Adjectives
        • Quel is an exclamatory adjective in statements
        • "Quelle chance !" - What luck!
        • "Quel grand garçon il est !" - What a tall boy he is!
    • An interrogative word introduces a question
    • Interrogative Pronouns
      • Lequel
        • Can replace "quel +noun"
        • Agrees with the noun it replaces
          • "Laquelle est rose ?" - Which one is pink?
        • Means "which one"
        • Has four forms: Lequel, Laquelle, Lesquels, Lesquelles
      • Que and Qui
        • Que means "what", qui means "who"
        • Qui is the only one that can start a question, but both can be used with inversions
          • "Qui parle ?" - Who is speaking?
          • Qui es-tu ?" - Who are you?
          • "Que fait-il ?" - What is he making?"
        • Both can use est-ce
        • "Est-ce que" can only be used in a question with être or when the pronoun (que or qui) is the object of the sentence
          • "Qui est-ce que tu appelles ?" - Whom are you calling?"
          • "Qe'est-ce que c'est ?" - What is it?
        • When the pronoun (que or qui) is the subject of the sentence, "est-ce qui" must be used
          • "Qui est-ce qui parle ?" - Who is speaking?
          • "Qu'est-ce qui se passe ?" - What is going on?
            • Que has to elide next to a vowel sound!
        • After prepositions and at the end of a question, que becomes quoi
          • "Le problème est quoi ?" - What's the problem?
          • "À quoi pensez-vous?" - What are you thinking about?
    • Interrogative Adverbs
      • Can be used to request information
      • Pourquoi ("why")
        • "Pourquoi mages-tu du pain ?" - Why are you eating bread?
      • When they're used with intonation-based questions, they can appear at the beginning and the end of a sentence (except pourqoui)
        • "Vous êtes d'où ?" - Where are you from?
        • "Tu vas comment ?" - How are you?
      • Comment ("how")
        • "Comment allez-vous ?" - How are you?
      • Quand ("when")
        • "Quand est-ce que tu vas manger ?" - When are you going to eat?
      • Combien ("how many/much")
        • "Combien d'eau?" - How much water?
      • Où ("where")
        • "Où suis-je ?" - Where am I?
  • If you have "what + noun", always use quel. Also, What + is + noun" is often "quel + être"!
  • The preposition "de" can mean both "of" and "from"!

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