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The Past (using “have”)
Asking questions in the past
There are several ways to ask questions in French. Let’s start by simply inverting the
word order, as we do in English.
Inverting the word order
You have Vous avez
Have you? Avez-vous?
Have you visited? Avez-vous visité?
Did you visit? Avez-vous visité?
Notice that the above two phrases are both translated in the same way
in French.
Did you visit the Louvre? Avez-vous visité le Louvre?
Yes, I visited the Louvre. Oui, j’ai visité le Louvre.
Have you visited the park? Avez-vous visité le parc?
Have you prepared the coffee? Avez-vous préparé le café?
Have you prepared roast beef for dinner? Avez-vous préparé le rosbif
pour le dîner?
NOTE! Notice how the French use the words for the in French (le/la/les) more than
we use the in English. You can see this in the above example. Literally: Have you
prepared the roast beef for the dinner? The best way to get used to this is simply to
remember the French word with the “the” already attached to it and then use it in that
way. So think of dinner not as dîner but as le dîner, and think of roast beef not as
rosbif but as le rosbif.
Have you decorated the house? Avez-vous décoré la maison?
Did you decorate the house? Avez-vous décoré la maison?
Have you reserved a table for dinner? Avez-vous réservé une table
pour le dîner?
We have Nous avons
Have we? Avons-nous?
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