previousnext

19.1.2 Construction with est-ce que

First we would like to have a look at the yes/no-questions with est-ce que. However, we can already now tell you that all kinds of questions can be formed with the construction with est-ce que.

Examples
	¿Est-ce qu' il vient?	Does he come?
	¿Qu' est-ce que tu veux?	What do you want? (What is it, what you want?)
	¿Qui est-ce que tu vois?	Whom do you see? (Who is it, whom you see?)
	¿Qui est -ce qui l' a dit?	Who has said so? (Who is it, who has said so?)
	¿Qu' est-ce qui te plaît?	What do you like? (What is it, what you like?)
	¿Quand est-ce qu' il vient?	When does he come? (When is it that he comes?)

We will come back to the open questions later on. Now, please have a short look at the construction:
You take a simple declarative clause and put est-ce que in the beginning, quite easy, don't you think?

Example
	Est-ce que tu l' as vu? Non.	Have you seen him? No. (Is it that you have seen him? No.)
	Est-ce que tu as déjà mangé?	Have you already eaten? (Is it that you have already eaten?)

previousnext

contact privacy statement imprint