soutenu/courant/familier cheat sheet

[mossy marsh]

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soutenu/courant/familier cheat sheet

[brave granite]

I've heavily reference Word Reference / Google Translate / ChatGPT / my own dictionary. I'm still struggling a lot with sentence structure but I'm veeeeeery slowly getting there

[fervent lark]

The middle one with « pourquoi » should have « est-ce que »

For « combien » in the courant/familier, there should be no inversion

qui soutenu should be « qui es-tu », no T

[brave granite]

I just noticed "cousines" in familier should be just "cousins"

[fervent lark]

Oh yeah

où in familier should be « tu vas où »

and quels cousines familier should be « Tu as rencontré quels cousins »

[brave granite]

For « combien » in the courant/familier, there should be no inversion
So like...

• Courant: Combien est-ce que un billet d'avion coǔte? (or ... qu'un billet...)
• Familier: Un billet d'avion coǔte combien?

and quels cousines familier should be « Tu as rencontré quels cousins »
Huh... alright so I'm seeing this might have something to do with past participles rules, which is still too advanced for me right now.

[fervent lark]

est-ce qu'un billet, yeah

Remember, once you already have intonation or est-ce que, you don't need to do inversion

[brave granite]

Merci beaucoup! Going to print this