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? <span style="font-style:italic;color:#777;">Elle a quel âge, ta voiture?</span> |
| − | *I didn't realize just ''how cold'' it would get at night in the desert. | + | *I didn't realize just ''how cold'' it would get at night in the desert. <span style="font-style:italic;color:#777;">Je ne me rendais pas compte jusqu'à quel degré il fait froid dans le desert la nuit.</span> |
*''How tall'' are you? | *''How tall'' are you? | ||
*''How much'' will it cost? | *''How much'' will it cost? | ||
Revision as of 15:43, 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? Elle a quel âge, ta voiture?
- I didn't realize just how cold it would get at night in the desert. Je ne me rendais pas compte jusqu'à quel degré il fait froid dans le desert la nuit.
- 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.
