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[primal pagoda]

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[fathom pulsar]

1. Not as informal
2. Could be many other things, depends on the sentence

[brisk tapir]

depends on the sentence? so it depends on the context of what i want to say? how so? if i want to ask do you have ..., i'd say "tu as"?

[fathom pulsar]

I mean I don't have any concrete examples in mind, but sometimes it just sounds better
But a large part of it is just that intonation questions are very informal, even if they're quite common

[brisk tapir]

hmm, so u recommend me use "tu as?" to ask something cus "est-ce que ...?" is formal and not many ppl use it when talking normally?

i mean tu as, tu es, ils sont, just makes a lot more sense for me and is easier to understand

[cunning pendant]

You can

But don't forget the rising intonation

[fathom pulsar]

Huh? Est-ce que is NOT formal, as I said - and is used all the time

It's neutral

So it works regardless of situation

[brisk tapir]

oh good

[fathom pulsar]

Intonation is quite informal, so it could be awkward/almost rude? to use it in certain contexts