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[lean tulip]

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[tacit mountain]

it is standard in verb inversion

if it was elle est si effrayée ther would be no dash

[safe tapir]

thanks but sorry whats verb inversion ?

[steel cedar]

French has three ways of asking a question, inversion (formal), est-ce que (neutral), and intonation (informal).
(1) Inversion [formal]: You invert the verb and the subject, inserting a -t- if it's in the third person singular and the ending is a vowel and/or repeating the subject if it's a noun.
Le professeur a raison ===> Le professeur a-t-il raison ?
(2) Est-ce que [neutral]: You add « est-ce que » before the subject.
Le professeur a raison ===> Est-ce que le professeur a raison ?
(3) Intonation [informal]: You just repeat the sentence with a rising intonation.
Le professeur a raison ===> Le professeur a raison ?

You can refer to this article for more details.