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?
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*''How old'' is your car?
*How tall are you?
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*I didn't realize just ''how cold'' it would get at night in the desert.
*How much will it cost?
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*''How tall'' are you?
*How often do you see your family?
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*''How much'' will it cost?
*I don't know how good this milk is.  It's been open for several days.
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*''How often'' do you see your family?
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*I don't know ''how good'' this milk is.  It's been open for several days.
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*It's amazing ''how small'' computers have become in my lifetime.
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==Indirect questions==
 
==Indirect questions==

Revision as of 14:41, 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.