#how to ask a question in this specific grammar format

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<how to ask a question?>

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how to ask a question in this specific grammar format

ionic pollen
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Which pronoun do the answers to these questions use?

timid lantern
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The first one is masculin, but I am not seeing pronoun indicators in the others.

frank olive
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To ask a question, put the verb in first position and the subject in second position.

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The 4 th is " Pourquoi ne prenez- vous pas le métro?"

timid lantern
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It has to be in the passé composé with the verb included in the answer.

frank olive
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And the 2th is " où AVEZ-VOUS pris un café après le dîner ?"

ionic pollen
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The answer to the second question uses "nous", so you need to use the corresponding pronoun in the question.

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Don't give out the answers, that doesn't help them.

timid lantern
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Où avez-vous un café ?

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Avez-vous pris*

ionic pollen
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For the fourth question, the negative particles go around the conjugated verb (or auxiliary in a compound tense).

timid lantern
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Yeah, that worked! Thanks for guiding me on that second.

ionic pollen
timid lantern
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Pourquoi vous-avez ne pris pas le métro ?

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Avez-vous*

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Hm, that didn't work.

ionic pollen
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Why did you put the negation particles around the past participle? That isn't the conjugated part.

timid lantern
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I thought changing it to the passé composé counts as conjugating.

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So it goes around avez ?

ionic pollen
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Yep, as I said, around the auxiliary.

timid lantern
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Ne avez-vous pas pris le métro ?

ionic pollen
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You're almost there.

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Don't forget the pesky elision.

timid lantern
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AH.

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I always forget that.

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It worked!

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Thank you!

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I very much appreciate the way you guided me.