When you keep your normal statement followed by quoi at the end
-Tu fais quoi?
Can you replace it with comment
-Tu fais comment?
Comment instead of quoi.
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F1277 L.Kwiziq community member
Comment instead of quoi.
This question relates to:French lesson "C'est quoi, Qu'est-ce que c'est ? = What's that? (French Questions)"
Asked 2 years ago
Bonjour,
To replace "quoi" (interjection) --> what?
with "comment" (adverb) --> How - in what way
Depletes the question sense as I see it.
Bonne continuation
Jim
Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Yes, Jim's right:
Tu fais quoi? -- What are you doing?
Tu fais comment? -- How are you doing it?
CélineNative French expert teacher in Kwiziq
Bonjour F1277,
Both Jim and Chris are correct! Also, "tu fais comment ?" is quite colloquial and context dependent: as per Chris's translation, it refers to something specific, i.e. "it".
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !
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