Anyone Can Speark French (47) ("RE" Verb Present Tense)

[separatesix]

Nous avons attendu à n'en plus finir = We waited and waited.

Damn those french waitors!

[indigoliv]

Hi Frenchguy...

at 3:55 you say Qu' attendez vouz? that Qu sound what does that stand for? I can tell the rest of the word is missing. Is it for what or why.

Also, I have noticed (to my dismay lol) that many sentence construction is backwards (from our perspective) are there any "rules" , guide lines or reason that dictates how a sentence will be put together?

thanks for the videos!!!

[thefrenchguy3000]

"Que" means "what" (We drop the "e" because "attendre" already begins with a vowel). Keep in mind that word order can change when forming a question. Flipping the verb and subject is the simplest way to ask a question. I could have instead asked:

Qu'est-ce que vous attendez? (Which literally means "What is is that you're waiting for?) In this case the word order isn't flipped, but the construction is too wordy for most French speakers.

[thefrenchguy3000]

I have a challenge for you now. Can you tell me two ways to ask the question "What are you eating for dinner?"

[intwinpeaks]

Thanks for the video. I had no idea you weren't supposed to say pour when saying you're waiting for something. But now I do!

[thefrenchguy3000]

Sweet! I love to be of help!

[aattitude]

Sweet, another vid!

[sweetdiosa90]

Very good. Merci! :)

[Ta1nt3dx]

keep it up!

[thefrenchguy3000]

Will do!

[daligoddess2006]

Merci!

[thefrenchguy3000]

De rien!