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When asking a queston, you can simply replace a noun or phrase with the interogative pronoun.
| Où? | Where? | ||
| Francine cache l'argent où? | Where does Francine hide the money? | ||
The interegative pronoun can also be moved to the beginning of the sentence. The subject and verb then flip locations.
| Où est Pierre? | Where is Pierre? |
The subject and verb need not be interexchanged if est-ce que follows the interrogative pronoun
| Où est-ce que le roi vit? | Where does the king live? |
| Comment? | How? | ||
| Comment est Bordeaux? | How is Bordeaux? | ||
| Comment vous faites? | How do you do it? | ||
| Comment vous vous appelez? | What's your name? (How do you call yourself?) |
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| Quand? | When? | ||
| Vous nous visitez quand? |
When are you visiting us? | ||
| Quand visitez-vous Nantes? | When are you visiting Nantes? | ||
| Pourquoi? | Why? | ||
| Pourquoi est -ce que tu vas à Toulouse? | Why are you going to Toulouse? | ||
| Pourquoi sommes nous ici? | Why are we here? | ||
| Pourquoi m'en voulez vous?* | Why do you have something against me? | ||
| *Il m'en veut. | He is upset with me. | ||
| Qui? | Who? | ||
| Qui est là? | Who is it? | ||
| Qui êtes vous? | Who are they? | ||
| Tu parles à qui? | You are speaking to whom? | ||
| Combien? | How Much? How Many? | ||
| Tu as combien? | You have how much? | ||
| Combien est-ce que tu payes? | How much do you pay? | ||
