Learn how to ask "What are you doing?"
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| Introduction |
| Becky: What are you doing? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask what someone is doing in French. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in French. |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Que fais-tu? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'what' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] que [Slow] que |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'do' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] fais [Slow] fais |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] tu [Slow] tu |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Que fais-tu? [Normal] Que fais-tu? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Que faites-vous? |
| Becky: First is the word meaning ‘what' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] que [Slow] que |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning ‘do’ |
| Yasmine: [Normal] faites [Slow] faites |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you’, in formal register |
| Yasmine: [Normal] vous [Slow] vous |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Que faites-vous? [Normal] Que faites-vous? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] J'étudie. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] j' [Slow] j' |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'study' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] étudie [Slow] étudie |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] J'étudie. [Normal] J'étudie. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] Je ne fais rien de spécial. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] je [Slow] je |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'nothing' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] ne...rien [Slow] ne...rien |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'do' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] fais [Slow] fais |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'some’ |
| Yasmine: [Normal] de [Slow] de |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'special' |
| Yasmine: [Normal] spécial [Slow] spécial |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Yasmine: [Slow] Je ne fais rien de spécial. [Normal] Je ne fais rien de spécial. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Yasmine: Asking this can be either curiosity, or just a polite way to start a conversation when you want something from someone. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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