#formal, informal, neutral/standard

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formal, informal, neutral/standard

spice thorn
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And I just found standard/neutral is just called "normal" on Lawless French

obsidian niche
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They don't differ

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Although we tend to prefer (4)

spice thorn
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Je vois, merci

spice thorn
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Sorry, just one follow up question. I'm practicing rewriting sentences in formality and this one sounds terrible.

"How much does a plane ticket cost?"

I try to follow the patterns in examples, but my formel and neutre feel wrong.

INFORMEL: Combien coǔte un billet d'avion?
FORMEL: Combien un billet d'avion coǔte?
NEUTRE: Combien est-ce que coǔte un billet d'avion?

obsidian niche
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You got formel and informel flipped

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also the hat is the other way around

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coûte

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Also, for the neutral you don't need the inversion

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Combien coûte un billet d'avion ?
Combien est-ce qu'un billot d'avion coûte ?
Un billet d'avion coûte combien ?

spice thorn
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Oh ouais, sujet-verbe pour informel🤦‍♂️

qu'un
Is this a contraction of "que un" or just a typo?

Un billet d'avion coûte combien ?
I assume this is informal. Is there a rule on when I put the question word last?

ie. "Où tu vas", "Comment tu vas" are also informal but the question word comes first. Are "Tu vas où" and "Tu vas comment" just as valid for informal?

obsidian niche
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Prefer because three question words don't work as well when you have them at the start with intonation

spice thorn
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Merci beaucoup!

obsidian niche
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Est-ce qu'elle reviendra tôt ?
Quand est-ce qu'on va la voir ?
Pourquoi est-ce qu'Émilie a décidé d'y aller ?