Difference between revisions of "How"
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It is used in combination with ADJ and ADV to ask about ''degree'' or ''measure''. | It is used in combination with ADJ and ADV to ask about ''degree'' or ''measure''. | ||
− | *How old is your car? | + | *''How old'' is your car? |
− | *How tall are you? | + | *I didn't realize just ''how cold'' it would get at night in the desert. |
− | *How much will it cost? | + | *''How tall'' are you? |
− | *How often do you see your family? | + | *''How much'' will it cost? |
− | *I don't know how good this milk is. It's been open for several days. | + | *''How often'' do you see your family? |
+ | *I don't know ''how good'' this milk is. It's been open for several days. | ||
+ | *It's amazing ''how small'' computers have become in my lifetime. | ||
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==Indirect questions== | ==Indirect questions== |
Revision as of 15:41, 11 April 2020
How is a wh- word, which means that it marks something that is unknown. It is used when you want to know the method, the manner, or the way something is done, or is going.
- How are you doing? comment vas-tu?
- How do you do? comment allez-vous? used only when you meet someone for the first time ever
- How is it going? (comment) ça va?
- How can I get a refund? comment je fais pour me faire rembourser?
- How can you tell if it is cooked? comment peut-on voir si c'est cuit?
It is used in combination with ADJ and ADV to ask about degree or measure.
- How old is your car?
- I didn't realize just how cold it would get at night in the desert.
- How tall are you?
- How much will it cost?
- How often do you see your family?
- I don't know how good this milk is. It's been open for several days.
- It's amazing how small computers have become in my lifetime.
Indirect questions
- I don't know how to fix this bug.
- We haven't figured out how to fix the bug.
- I don't understand how this got broken.