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[mossy path]

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[solid schooner]

nope

the euphonic t (-t-) only occurs in inversion : que cherche-t-elle

[dim wagon]

oh ok

[solid schooner]

try again?

it follows the same structure as the first one, except for a little tricky point

[dim wagon]

qu’elle?

Qu’est-ce qu’elle cherche

[solid schooner]

👏

perfect

[dim wagon]

thank you!

[dim wagon]

….. dansent? Ils dansent le rock
Qu’est-ce qu’ils dansent? Ils dansent le rock

this follows same format yes?

[solid schooner]

Yes

que basically always becomes qu' before a vowel

[dim wagon]

got it

but for this one
8. …….? Nous visitons le centre Beaubourg
We cannot use the same question as shown in the example yes?

Here it would be Ou visitez-vous?

[solid schooner]

no

becauser visiter takes a direct object here

[dim wagon]

ah yes

Ou allez vous?

[solid schooner]

Well it works in the meaning

But maybe they want you to keep the same verb?

[dim wagon]

I guess so

I’m out of ideas for this one

all the questions besides this come as Qu’est-ce

[solid schooner]

it's again the same thing

[dim wagon]

Qu’est-ce que visitez-vous?

[solid schooner]

why?

[dim wagon]

that’s my question

[solid schooner]

you did say "Qu'est-ce que tu cherches" and it was right

[dim wagon]

because with Qu’est-ce que it translates to

[solid schooner]

why would you do inversion here

[dim wagon]

What are you visiting

Qu’est-ce que vous visitez?

[solid schooner]

yay

[dim wagon]

but doesn’t that translate to what are you visiting

not where?

[solid schooner]

it does

because "le centre Beaubourg" is a direct object

visiter is a transitive verb

i don't know if you've seen these terms

[dim wagon]

that explains it

yes I have, just got confused with the word on word translation

thank’s for the in-depth explanation!

[solid schooner]

for your example it could be

Où est-ce que vous allez ? Nous allons au centre Beaubourg

cause aller is intransitive and here "au centre Beaubourg" is hmm circonstancial object

and something like that

[dim wagon]

yeah I should note this down

understood!! ty

[tardy rune]

I get the impression you didn't fully understand question-forming so I'll explain that just in case. French has three ways of asking a question: Inversion, est-ce que, intonation. Say we have two sentences that we want to turn into a question:
« Le professeur arrive » and
« La voisine fait + quoi »
Let's see how they're asked in French.
(1) Inversion [Formal]
You reverse the position of the subject and the verb, adding -t- for third person singular conjugations in the present for certain verbs and repeating the subject if it's not a pronoun. This doesn't apply for « quoi » but does apply for « pourquoi ».
« Le professeur arrive-t-il ? »
« Que fait la voisine ? »
(2) Est-ce que [Neutral]
You add « est-ce que » before the subject and that's it.
« Est-ce que le professeur arrive ? »
« Qu'est-ce que la voisine fait ? [Qu'est-ce que = Que + est-ce que] »
(3) Intonation [Informal]
You keep everything the same, just rise your tone at the end.
« Le professeur arrive ? »
« La voisine fait quoi ? »
Also notice that « quoi » turns to « que » if it's at the very start of the sentence but because it's at the end here, it doesn't change.