Asking Questions in French: Est-ce que vs. Qu’est-ce que

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

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  • @tedkijeski339
    @tedkijeski339 2 года назад +8

    "Qui est-ce qui" is my favorite French expression, for the very odd reason that this is precisely how my original surname is pronounced in Polish. There is no extra charge for this information. Thank you.

  • @kinggeorge7533
    @kinggeorge7533 2 года назад +3

    You are one of the best teachers ever. Merci beaucoup.

  •  4 года назад +26

    Thank you so much Géraldine for this great lesson! I love the way you explain the difference between textbook French and everyday spoken French. That really helps the students to speak French fluently with confidence! Thanks again for your hard work there.

  • @mundorueda9402
    @mundorueda9402 4 года назад +4

    I like your French teaching videos very much for several reasons: 1. You are an excellent teacher, academics and culture, and you come across as a very nice, humble person. 2. Your mother is Hispanic and you speak Spanish as I do. 3. You look very much like Ann Hathaway, an American movie actress who I also like very much. Keep up the good work and congratulations on a job well done. Merci beaucoup!

  • @draugami
    @draugami 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for reviewing my French which I took 48 years ago. Merci d'avoir revu mon français que j'ai pris il y a quarante huit ans. J'ai oublié beaucoup.

  • @caribaylacruz5148
    @caribaylacruz5148 2 года назад +1

    Me: Spanish Native speaker
    Apprendre le Français avec une explication en anglais 🤓😍

  • @nigelgriffith9095
    @nigelgriffith9095 4 года назад +10

    I am a beginner and I love your approach it is very well suited for me. Thank you for sharing.

  • @albertoviale7259
    @albertoviale7259 4 года назад +15

    Merci Geraldine ! As a native spanish speaker I find french somewhat easy.........till I got to the “asking in french” lessons, ( my teacher is too literal and formal!) I struggled so much in that specific lesson, thanks to your video I’m now getting it👍

  • @marirreid8588
    @marirreid8588 2 года назад +1

    Thank you Geraldine for the most easy video s to understand and follow while learning french

  • @acexrp6288
    @acexrp6288 Год назад

    Thanks ! arghhh always so many ways to say the same thing, which are probably all quite common to say in French. Sure that can said for things in English, but the re-structuring difference is enormously different. French is hard..

  • @MissFunCrazy11
    @MissFunCrazy11 3 года назад +1

    This is an excellent video. Thank you. I speak French but I also teach FSL and being able to share videos to reinforce concepts is awesome! Merci. It might be worth mentioning in the video, that sometimes French people use la in place of ici. In a literal translation of English, la is there and ici is here so English people who are not accustomed to French colloquialisms such as this may find it confusing. If someone says "Je suis la" in Mtl, Quebec for example, the person means "I am here" even though the literal translation is "I am there." Anyway, thank you again. :)

  • @humera121
    @humera121 4 года назад

    Géraldine, je t'aime beaucoup. Je suis une étudiante française. Tu m'aider beaucoup avec tes leçons. J'ecoute tes leçons toujour et je essaié á suis á lui. Dèsole pour mes erreurs. Merci beaucoup 😘

  • @cyruschang1904
    @cyruschang1904 4 года назад +30

    2:45 "C'est qui?". The French people often do not stop there, they like to add one more word at the end. "C'est qui lui?" or "C'est qui elle?"

    • @angelochecklight6916
      @angelochecklight6916 4 года назад +3

      Yes, just to underline the sex - he or she

    • @thierryf67
      @thierryf67 4 года назад +1

      it depend on the context, and if you want to emphase.

    • @angelochecklight6916
      @angelochecklight6916 4 года назад +1

      @@thierryf67 Sorry, what was your comment for? Just to make a mistake: it dependS is correct.

    • @ajvargas9528
      @ajvargas9528 4 года назад +3

      @@angelochecklight6916 You're criticizing someone's spelling on a channel about learning another language... How ironically ignorant of you.

    • @toothless3835
      @toothless3835 3 года назад

      Actually, being corrected for incorrect uses of spelling on a language video is the BEST times to be corrected. You're learning a new language. Learn it properly first, take a look at the mistakes you're making so you can correct them. You don't know you're incorrect until someone does it.
      Text is hard to convey tone, but if it's a crtique or correction not a demeaning way of doing so, then it's fine. And those who take offense don't want to learn.

  • @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650
    @parlefrancaisavecadjoa5650 4 года назад +7

    Une très bonne vidéo pour expliquer cette subtilité, Géraldine, j'ai vraiment apprécié, pouce bleu.

  • @karlaarias6050
    @karlaarias6050 2 года назад

    super straight forward video, loved it and now understand how to form questions! thank you!

  • @petrakpekpena9248
    @petrakpekpena9248 4 года назад +13

    Thank you Geraldine. This is a lot of information

  • @newtunescape
    @newtunescape 2 года назад

    Your lesson is very helpful. Merci.

  • @sjfrancis9628
    @sjfrancis9628 4 года назад +4

    Merci Geraldine!! thank you so much for making this video, much appreciated.

  • @roushanharsh6538
    @roushanharsh6538 4 года назад +6

    Merci Ⓜ📧®©❗ beaucoup... Pour cette vidéo

  • @janedmunds4218
    @janedmunds4218 4 года назад +1

    Merci beaucoup, Géraldine! ♥️ I am saving this lesson to play again... and maybe again... You opened my mind

  • @migmar1506
    @migmar1506 4 года назад

    It’s very effective to learn from you because you do compare with spoken and written French.....Thank you so much...

  • @6bunnies
    @6bunnies 10 месяцев назад

    Merci ☺️

  • @penelopekillingbeck8767
    @penelopekillingbeck8767 3 года назад +1

    I’ve always been nervous of using qu est ce que now I know how to avoid it!

  • @ciceroalvesjunior7069
    @ciceroalvesjunior7069 Год назад

    congrats for ur english 👏👏👏

  • @johnknight9150
    @johnknight9150 4 года назад +4

    I'd never thought of the formal "es-tu prêt" before, that's really pretty.

    • @thierryf67
      @thierryf67 4 года назад +1

      the inversion of the subject and the verb in a sentence, is actually the right, formal, way to build a question. Some time colloquial french is longer the formal french. "est-ce que" is very often used, but sound more complex to understand. that's why, the simpler way is just say the affirmative sentence, but in changing the level of the voice at the end, to indicate a question mark.

  • @lucya8916
    @lucya8916 4 года назад +3

    Love your videos 💖🙏✨ This is really helping my conversation in France!

    • @denisobouna
      @denisobouna 4 года назад

      If you were my wife you'd already know how to speak French fluently 😅

  • @donnaroni
    @donnaroni 4 года назад

    A super helpful video!! Merci! 😊🙏

  • @stianaandal1488
    @stianaandal1488 3 года назад +1

    6:32 i thought that meant "you are there". So "tu es ici" and "tu es là" is the same

  • @PegMeg007
    @PegMeg007 3 года назад

    Merci beaucoup !

  • @tesfaldetokubab4625
    @tesfaldetokubab4625 4 года назад

    Very good teacher cotion and answer so good

  • @summergoldenqueen1617
    @summergoldenqueen1617 Год назад

    Thank u so much merci

  • @omidnazari1999
    @omidnazari1999 4 года назад +1

    You are best❤️

  • @Adaguflo
    @Adaguflo 3 года назад

    Is it also possible to say "t'es prêt?"?

  • @michelgolabaigne595
    @michelgolabaigne595 4 года назад

    Excellent !!!

  • @merengue9791
    @merengue9791 4 года назад

    It is a little bit off topic but .... I'm looking for basic cookbooks and baking books about French cooking in French language, those books that are a vital part of a Michelin star chef's library. I would be very grateful if you could help me!

  • @bhuchungla3474
    @bhuchungla3474 4 года назад +2

    Hello madam please can u recommend me french serial movies

  • @gokhanakay8446
    @gokhanakay8446 4 года назад +9

    ''Est-ce Michelle qui danse la salse?'' y-ajoutons.

  • @ewenallison4099
    @ewenallison4099 4 года назад +2

    If one wants to know what something is, is it proper to ask, for example "qu'est-ce que c'est, ployes?"

    • @mic498
      @mic498 4 года назад

      Yes, it's totally correct and used in everyday french. You can also say "c'est quoi ?" (also usual), or even "qu'est-ce ?" (or more often "qu'est-ce donc ?" (-que cela)), though "qu'est-ce" is very formal and not very used.
      Also i think "qu'est-ce que" mean "what..." in English (like Géraldine sayed), and maybe "est-ce que" is the equivalent of "does/do..."
      For example : Do you want a cup of tea? --> Est-ce que tu veux une tasse de thé ?
      Not 100% sure, though it seems to be like it.

  • @garmit61
    @garmit61 4 года назад

    C'était extra.

  • @homaunkabir8589
    @homaunkabir8589 4 года назад

    Thanks you

  • @artistki6435
    @artistki6435 4 года назад

    Ok I’m struggling with this
    Qu’est-ce que = what is something a person doing ?
    Qui est-ce qui = who did something ?
    Then what does “qui est-ce que” and qu’est-ce qui” mean/ when do we use it ?

  • @joda1432
    @joda1432 4 года назад

    Good cest bon

  • @maryparent9573
    @maryparent9573 4 года назад +1

    I would say simplly qui a appele ? Instead of qui qui apoele ,sounds like who who called

  • @BW-CC
    @BW-CC 4 года назад +1

    Mon cerveau me fait mal, C'est déroutant! Merci..

  • @johnwoodward1004
    @johnwoodward1004 3 года назад

    Finding this one very difficult. I got them all wrong.

  • @Math.C.T
    @Math.C.T 4 года назад +2

    Qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?

  • @woip7761
    @woip7761 4 года назад

    Que danse Michel?

  • @MubarakImtiaz
    @MubarakImtiaz Год назад

    Is this also fine ?
    Est-ce que Michelle danse la salsa?

  • @hosunkang6704
    @hosunkang6704 4 года назад +3

    Qui est-ce qui a fabriqué le Coronavirus?

  • @carolkwamboka2367
    @carolkwamboka2367 3 года назад

    She kinda reminds me of Ann Hathaway....

  • @cassandraalexandre1232
    @cassandraalexandre1232 4 года назад

    What did the women say to the naked blind man "banana"...

    • @urmom-sb1hd
      @urmom-sb1hd 4 года назад

      +cassandra Alexandre really?

  • @bubbabubba5500
    @bubbabubba5500 4 года назад

    This is such a confusing video, why is it : est ce QUE to es la, but qui est ce QUI est la?

  • @raymendez3403
    @raymendez3403 4 года назад

    Just came here to see how non native struggle xDDDDDD

  • @Mncmoin
    @Mncmoin 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'm watching in 2024...kya maal hai yaar

  • @Pitmirk_
    @Pitmirk_ 4 года назад

    T'es pret ou quoi