Tex's French Grammar: Interrogative Constructions: Recent Episodes
First Year French @UT Austin
Tex's French Grammar is the grammar component of Français Interactif, an online French course from the University of Texas at Austin.
- asset title: int1_ex1: introduction to interrogatives
- filename: int1_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 1/18
- time: 0:02
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Vous parlez français?
You speak French?
- asset title: int2_ex1: yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
- filename: int2_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 2/18
- time: 0:15
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Tex: Trey, tu aimes la philosophie?
Tex: Trey, do you like philosophy?
Trey: Non. Je n'aime pas la philosophie.
Trey: No. I do not like philosophy.
Tex: Tu connais Sartre?
Tex: Do you know Sartre?
Trey: Non. Qui est-ce?
Trey: No. Who is that?
Tex: Gloups! C'est l'auteur du chef d'oeuvre existentialiste, La Nausée.
Tex: Gulp! He's the author of the existentialist masterpiece, Nausea.
- asset title: int2_ex2: yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
- filename: int2_ex2.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 3/18
- time: 0:12
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Trey: Et toi, Tex, est-ce que tu aimes les films?
Trey: And you, Tex, do you like films?
Tex: Bien sûr, j'adore les films.
Tex: Of course, I adore films.
Trey: Est-ce que tu connais Yoda?
Trey: Do you know Yoda?
Tex: Non. Qui est-ce?
Tex: No. Who is that?
Trey: Duh ...
Trey: Duh ...
- asset title: int2_ex3: yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
- filename: int2_ex3.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 4/18
- time: 0:06
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Trey: Tu connais 'La guerre des étoiles,' n'est-ce pas? Yoda, c'est le petit sage.
Trey: You know 'Star Wars,' don't you? Yoda is the little wise man.
- asset title: int2_ex4: yes/no questions: est-ce que, n'est-ce pas
- filename: int2_ex4.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 5/18
- time: 0:27
- size: 325 KB
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Trey: Yoda est mon héros. Tu ne connais pas Yoda?
Trey: Yoda is my hero. You don't know Yoda?
Tex: Ah, si, si, si*, je connais le petit philosophe. Est-ce que tu es fou? Yoda n'est pas Sartre.
Tex: Ah, yes, yes, yes, I do know the little philosopher. Are you crazy? Yoda is not Sartre.
Trey: Oh, mais la philosophie de Yoda est plus intéressante que la philosophie existentialiste de La Nausée! Tu es d'accord, n'est-ce pas?
Trey: Oh, but Yoda's philosophy is more interesting than the existentialist philosophy of La Nausée! You agree, don't you?
Tex: Quel crétin! Retourne à tes jeux électroniques!
Tex: What an idiot! Go back to your video games!
- asset title: int3_ex1: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 6/18
- time: 0:12
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Joe-Bob choisit ses cours pour le semestre prochain.
Joe-Bob is choosing his classes for next semester.
Job-Bob: Corey, as-tu des idées?
Joe-Bob: Corey, do you have any ideas?
Tammy et Bette, connaissez-vous de bons cours?
Tammy and Bette, do you know any good courses?
- asset title: int3_ex2: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex2.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 7/18
- time: 0:28
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Corey se parle à lui-même:
Corey thinks to himself:
Voyons. Joe-Bob aime-t-il les lettres? Non!
Let's see. Does Joe-Bob like the humanities? No!
A-t-il envie d'étudier les maths? Non!
Does he want to study math? No!
Va-t-il devenir médecin? Oh, jamais!
Is he going to become a doctor? Oh, never!
Aime-t-il les filles? Oui!
Does he like girls? Yes!
Alors, j'ai une idée.
So, I have an idea.
Corey: Joe-Bob ...
Corey: Joe-Bob ...
Joe-Bob: Mmm.
Joe-Bob: Mmm.
Corey: J'ai un cours pour toi: 'La vie intime des animaux.'
Corey: I have a course for you: 'Animal Intimacy.'
- asset title: int3_ex3: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex3.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 8/18
- time: 0:06
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Joe-Bob: Et les belles filles suivent-elles ce cours?
Joe-Bob: Do pretty girls take this class?
Corey: Oh, oui.
Corey: Oh, yes.
Joe-Bob: Ce cours est-il difficile?
Joe-Bob: Is this class difficult?
Corey: Oh, non ça.
Corey: Oh, no.
- asset title: int3_ex4: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex4.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 9/18
- time: 0:05
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Joe-Bob: Corey, as-tu suivi ce cours?
Joe-Bob: Corey, did you take this class?
Corey: Oui, mais j'ai raté l'examen final.
Corey: Yes, but I flunked the final exam.
- asset title: int3_ex5: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex5.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 10/18
- time: 0:10
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Joe-Bob: Pourquoi n'as-tu pas réussi l'examen?
Joe-Bob: Why didn't you pass the exam?
Corey: Oh, j'ai trouvé que l'examen était trop technique. Moi, je suis plus romantique que scientifique.
Corey: Oh, I thought that the exam was too technical. I am more romantic than scientific.
- asset title: int3_ex6: questions with subject/verb inversion
- filename: int3_ex6.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 11/18
- time: 0:06
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Joe-Bob: Est-ce possible?
Joe-Bob: Is this possible?
N'y a-t-il pas un seul cours facile pour moi?
Isn't there a single easy course for me?
- asset title: int4_ex1: interrogative and exclamative quel
- filename: int4_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 12/18
- time: 0:15
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Un petit tatou: Maman, maman, quel est le nom de ce tatou?
A little armadillo: What's the name of this armadillo?
Rita: Oh, c'est Tex, ton oncle.
Rita: Oh, it's Tex, your uncle.
Un petit tatou: Quel âge a Tex?
A little armadillo: How old is Tex?
Rita: On ne sait pas.
Rita: We don't know.
Un petit tatou: Quelles sont les qualités de Tex?
A little armadillo: What are Tex's good points?
Rita: Oh, il est intelligent, débrouillard, mais aussi cynique et pessimiste.
Rita: Oh, he's intelligent, resourceful, but also cynical and pessimistic.
- asset title: int4_ex2: interrogative and exclamative quel
- filename: int4_ex2.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 13/18
- time: 0:13
- size: 157 KB
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Tammy: Quel beau tatou!
Tammy: What a handsome armadillo!
Joe-Bob: Non, quel tatou snob! Quelle belle minette!
Joe-Bob: No, what a snobby armadillo! What a beautiful kitty!
Tammy: Quelle chatte méchante!
Tammy: What a mean cat!
Ah, quels animaux absurdes!
Ah, what absurd animals!
- asset title: int5_ex1: interrogative pronouns
- filename: int5_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 14/18
- time: 0:32
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Bette: Qui est à la porte? Oh, c'est toi, Tammy.
Bette: Who is at the door? Oh, it's you Tammy.
Qui cherches-tu?
Whom are you looking for?
Tammy: Je cherche Tex.
Tammy: I'm looking for Tex.
Bette: Il n'est pas là.
Bette: He's not here.
Cinq minutes plus tard ...
Five minutes later ...
Bette: Encore! Qui est-ce qui est à la porte? Oh! C'est toi, Tex!
Bette: Again! Who is at the door? Oh! It's you Tex!
Qui est-ce que tu cherches? Moi peut-être?
Whom are you looking for? Me perhaps?
Tex: Non, je cherche Tammy.
Tex: No, I'm looking for Tammy.
Bette: Elle n'est pas là.
Bette: She's not here.
- asset title: int5_ex2: interrogative pronouns
- filename: int5_ex2.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 15/18
- time: 0:16
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Tex: Ouvre! Ouvre!
Tex: Open! Open!
Bette: Oui?!
Bette: Yes?!
Tex: Tu as vu Tammy?
Tex: Have you seen Tammy?
Bette: Oui.
Bette: Yes.
Tex: Avec qui est-ce qu'elle est partie?
Tex: Whom did she leave with?
Bette: Pour qui me prends-tu? Je ne la surveille pas!
Bette: Who do you think I am (whom do you take me for)? I don't watch her!
Tex: Oh, la, la, calme-toi, ma petite.
Tex: Oh, la, la, calm down, my little one.
- asset title: int5_ex3: interrogative pronouns
- filename: int5_ex3.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 16/18
- time: 0:23
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Tammy arrive chez Bette. Elle voit Tex et Bette ensemble.
Tammy arrives at Bette's house. She sees Tex and Bette together.
Tammy: Qu'est-ce qui se passe, Tex?
Tammy: What's going on, Tex?
Tex: Rien, mon chou, je te cherchais.
Tex: Nothing, my dear. I was looking for you.
Tammy: Oui, d'accord, mais qu'est-ce que tu fais avec ... elle!
Tammy: Yes, ok, but what are you doing with ... her!
Tex: Oh, de quoi tu parles?
Tex: Oh, what are you talking about?
Tammy: Tex, ne fais pas l'innocent avec moi!
Tammy: Don't act innocent with me!
- asset title: int6_ex1: interrogative pronoun lequel
- filename: int6_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 17/18
- time: 0:17
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Corey: Oh Tammy, j'adore les films sur les insectes!
Tex: I love bug movies!
Tammy: Lesquels tu aimes?
Tammy: Which ones do you like?
Corey: Oh, 'A Bug's Life,' et puis 'Antz,' les classiques quoi!
Tex: Oh, 'A Bug's Life,' and then 'Antz,' in other words, the classics!
Tammy: Et tu préfères lequel?
Tammy: Which one do you prefer?
Corey: Hmm ... Probablement 'The Fly.'
Corey: Hmm ... Probably 'The Fly.'
- asset title: int7_ex1: interrogative words: où, quand, comment ...
- filename: int7_ex1.mp3
- chapter: Interrogative Constructions
- track number: 18/18
- time: 1:16
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Bette pose des questions à Edouard pour en savoir davantage sur Tex.Bette asks Edouard questions to find out more about Tex.
Bette: Où Tex est-il né?Bette: Where was Tex born?
Edouard: Comment?
Edouard: Pardon?
Bette: Où est-ce que Tex est né?
Bette: Where was Tex born?
Edouard: Au Texas.
Edouard: In Texas.
Bette: Quand a-t-il rencontré Tammy?
Bette: When did he meet Tammy?
Edouard: Comment?
Edouard: Pardon?
Bette: Quand est-ce qu'il a rencontré Tammy?
Bette: When did he meet Tammy?
Edouard: Il y a deux ans à Lyon.
Edouard: Two years ago in Lyon.
Comment est-il venu aux Etats-Unis?
Bette: How did he come to the United States?
Edouard: Qu'est-ce que tu as dit?
Edouard: What did you say?
Comment est-ce qu'il est venu aux Etats-Unis?
Bette: How did he come to the United States?
Edouard: Il a été expulsé de France!
Edouard: He was deported from France.
Bette: Pourquoi porte-t-il toujours un béret?
Bette: Why does he always wear a beret?
Edouard: Comment?Edouard: Pardon?
Bette: Pourquoi est-ce qu'il porte toujours un béret?
Bette: Why does he always wear a beret?
Edouard: Il n'a pas de cheveux. Sans chapeau il risque des coups de soleil.
Edouard: He doesn't have any hair. Without a hat he risks getting sunburned.
Bette: Combien est-il payé?
Bette: How much is he paid?
Edouard: Comment?
Edouard: Pardon?
Bette: Combien est-ce qu'il est payé?
Bette: How much is he paid?
Edouard: Pas assez. Les tuteurs sont mal payés.
Edouard: Not enough. Tutors are not paid well.
Bette: Combien de cigarettes fume-t-il par jour?
Bette: How many cigarettes does he smoke every day?
Edouard: Comment?
Edouard: Pardon?
Bette: Combien de cigarettes est-ce qu'il fume par jour?
Bette: How many cigarettes does he smoke every day?
Edouard: Je ne sais pas, mais il fume de moins en moins depuis son arrivée au Texas. Dis donc, tu es bien curieuse.
Edouard: I don't know, but he's smoking less and less since he came to Texas. Say, you are very curious.