#baba (corrigez-moi)

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random kestrel
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the one i use most is probably "c'est quoi X" which is probably very casual. qu'est-ce que c'est X is good too, and it's more neutral.

I'm not sure what you mean exactly by "what does X verb" but if you mean like "what does john eat", I would use "john mange quoi" which again is very casual. "qu'est-ce que john mange" also works and is neutral, but you need the second que afaik.

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worth noting that i would prefer translating "john mange quoi" to "what is John eating" over "what does john eat"

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depending on the context

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random kestrel
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there's also the formal way of asking a question, inversion: john, que mange-t-il ?

kind stratus
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also i missed the second que by mistake
its "qu'est-ce que ..." yeah

random kestrel
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I use the casual forms the most often by far because I mostly talk in this discord, but someone who actually lives in a francophone country and works in French may have a different answer

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