3 ways to ask a question in French

[@matildawolfram4687]

It's a good video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Thanks for your comment and sharing your brother's story! We'll pass your kind words onto Mark and the rest of the Coffee Break team 😊

[@jasonlove8733]

Vâchement bien Pierre-Benoît! Tu nous enseigenes avec beaucoup de sagesse de la langue française!

[@knishkasood2089]

Merci beaucoup monsieur . Très bonne vidéo. Could you do a video on french liaison . When to do it and when not to ?

[@tarapatterson8813]

Oui s'il vous plaît, je voudrais aussi une vidéo sur cette matière!

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Salut ! Thank you for watching. You can submit your request for a video topic here: coffeebreakacademy.com/p/questions/

[@yenytran5376]

Merci beaucoup! I can listen to Pierre-Benoit speak French all day.

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

You're welcome!

[@musicraze02]

I'm a beginner and have been struggling with all the different waysof asking questions. This was made so simple; thank you.

[@olesyaherfurth3016]

An excellent explanation! ❤

[@gtri87]

Thank you so much for the great explanations in all your Q&A videos. I had posted some questions, and it would be great if the Coffee Break team could share some answers in future videos.

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Thanks Gayathri! The team will be able to see your question if you've submitted it at coffeebreakacademy.com/p/questions/ 😊

[@gtri87]

@@coffeebreaklanguages I had already submitted my questions a few days back using the above URL.

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

@@gtri87 We've had hundreds of questions Gayathri - we'll hopefully be able to include yours in a future video 🙂

[@adventureguy4119]

Love this channel

[@pmerew8423]

Of the three options, is there one that is most common, or natural, in spoken conversation?

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Salut ! Thank you for your comment. In this situation, 'tu es fatigué ?' is probably the most informal version, followed by 'est-ce que tu es fatigué ?', which is slightly more complex but just as normal in everyday conversation. Finally, 'es-tu fatigué ?' is perhaps the most formal. Having said this, there's no right or wrong way for a certain situation, though it would be appropriate to choose the inversion method ('es-tu') in writing or a more formal situation.

[@peterevensen]

But is there a difference in nuance between the three ways?

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Salut ! Thank you for your comment. In this situation, 'tu es fatigué ?' is probably the most informal version, followed by 'est-ce que tu es fatigué ?', which is slightly more complex but just as normal in everyday conversation. Finally, 'es-tu fatigué ?' is perhaps the most formal. Having said this, there's no right or wrong way for a certain situation, though it would be appropriate to choose the inversion method ('es-tu') in writing or a more formal situation.

[@idrisselmahdali]

Thank you very much

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

You are welcome!

[@yumistreats8676]

Merci❤

[@mathewjohn8126]

That was Nice 👍

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

We're so glad that you enjoyed it, Mathew 😊

[@Alternity666]

A 4th one from the French Canadians: "T'es-tu fatigué?"

[@rolandreid1011]

Merci. Mais si l'on ajoute Pourquoi tu es fatigué? Pourquoi es-tu fatigué? Pourquoi est-ce que tu es fatigué? On peut utiliser tous les trois?

[@coffeebreaklanguages]

Oui, très bien Roland ! You can add 'pourquoi' to all three question forms just like that.

[@disdonc6.klasse549]

Actually I thought that putting the question word at the beginning of an intonation question is considered very very informal and grammatically wrong, isn't it? Though "pourquoi", I guess, is also an exception because you shouldn't put it at the end of an intonation question, either, right ("Tu es fatigué pourquoi?" sounds quite odd).

[@disdonc6.klasse549]

Why would you ever use "est-ce que" when you can just leave it out? I mean, it's so senseless.