Forming inverted questions in Le Présent (except il, elle, on forms)

Hi Cynthia,

the general rule says to start with the question word (où), vollowed by the verb (va) and then the subject (on). The "t" that's been inserted between va and on is there simply to ease pronounciation for lazy French tongues. ;)

-- Chris (not a native speaker).

Thank you so much Chris for explaining it clearly

No, you would say "Michael parle-t-il français ?" So, yes,you would use the pronoun in the inverted question. -- Chris (not a native speaker)

Hi Sivavathana,

As Chris rightly points out, in this case you have to use a pronoun as well as a name.

Michael, parle-t-il français?

If too much of a mouthful you can use "est-ce-que" and you won't need the additional pronoun.

Est-ce -que Michael parle français? 

Hope this helps!

Bonjour Michael, I am unclear about your question regarding the use of «va-t-on» in the example in this lesson. If possible, would you please clarify your question or concern that you are experiencing with this locution? J'espère que ma réponse vous aiderait. Bonne chance et bonne continuation dans vos études en français, la langue de Molière et qui a été utilisé par le monde français depuis l’époque d’Hugues Capet

Hi Ron, the title of the lesson excludes the il, elle an on forms of inverted questions in the present, but there is a va-t-on construction in the section More Complex Questions Using Question Words of the lesson. I think this should be removed. Regards, Michael

Thanks for clarifying this. i thought that I had misunderstood the lesson. I do see your point, though. Bonne journée. Ron

Im sorry, I mean hyphen. Im not sure which is more correct, en dash or hyphen because english is not my mother language.

Bonjour P. !

Thanks for your useful question, that will also help other users with these specific questions.

Here we chose not to put any punctuation mark at the end of the statement not to give it away too easily.

​However, the specific order of the words can only be used in a question.

​You also probably noticed that all three answers HAVE punctuation marks, but this question is specifically about the word ordering.

I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !

I also found this confusing. I chose the wrong answer (“do the dishes”)  because I assumed that without a question mark it couldn’t be a question. I understand your explanation but fact that we haven’t covered the imperative yet led me to make the wrong choice because I knew the other two options were wrong.

the examples in the lesson all have question marks

test should follow that example regardless of "ease"