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[harsh osprey]

Please be patient

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[steel pulsar]

There are three ways to ask a question in French: Inversion, est-ce que, and intonation. Say we have this sentence, « Tu veux du café (You want some coffee) ». If we want to turn that into a question, we can do one of three things:

1. Inversion
   The formal way of asking a question: you reverse the position of the subject and the verb. In every case where there exists some form of inversion, you add a HYPHEN.
   Tu veux du café -> Veux-tu du café ?
2. est-ce que
   The neutral way of asking a question: just add « est-ce que » before the subject.
   Tu veux du café -> Est-ce que tu veux du café ?
3. Intonation
   The informal way of asking a question: just say it over with a rising tone at the end.
   Tu veux du café -> Tu veux du café ?

the link I sent (blue part) is LawlessFrench, generally an excellent resource for learning

[steel pulsar]

@obtuse sluice Salut, merci de répondre dans les fils qui ont été créés au lieu du salon !

[obtuse sluice]

yep, erreur de ma part