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WHAT ARE THE FRENCH INVERSIONS OF QUESTION NUMBER 2-15 ( PLEASE HELP)

WHAT ARE THE FRENCH INVERSIONS OF QUESTION NUMBER 2-15 ( PLEASE HELP)-example-1
User Arne Mertz
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Hi,

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Woah! That's a long list you've got there. I won't write them all for you, but I can tell you how :)

A french inversion is when you take a statement, locate its conjugated verb and subject pronoun, flip their order, and add a hyphen between them. For example, the statement "Tu aimes manger" (you like to eat), can become "Aimes-tu manger ?" which makes it "Do you like to eat?". But you seem to have this down already.

On to more complicated rules!

If there is a specific noun, (e.g. "Lucas aime manger"), you would add its corresponding pronoun (e.g. "Lucas aime-t-il manger ?").

That brings us to another thing. If the conjugated verb ends in a vowel (e.g. aime) and the subject pronoun is either "il", "elle", or "on", then add a "t" between them (e.g. "aime-t-il"). Remember the hyphens!

To locate your statement, remove any "est-ce que"s or "n'est-ce pas"s. If there are none, you're probably all good!

Hope this helps! Have a great day :)
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