Question

comment dit-on "donuts"?
so "do you like donuts?" would be "tu aimes ....?"
merci

Answer 1

The word for "doughnuts" is "les beignets" (masculine plural) and in Belgium they sold them on the street corner. They were incredible!

When you ask a question in French, there are 4 ways.
1. straight word order with a question mark at the end. Tu aimes les beignets?

2. straight word order with "n'est-ce pas" on the end. Tu aimes les beignets, n'est-ce pas?

3. using "Est-ce que" to begin the sentence. Est-ce que tu aimes les beignets?

4. this may be the most difficult for you, but it IS the most common = inversion of the subject and verb.
Aimes-tu les beignets?

Sra (aka Mme)

Answer 2

merci!
i understand all the other ways to ask a question, but why would you put "n'est-ce pas" at the end? or what does "n'est-ce pas" mean?

Answer 3

See the later post! Depending upon the sentence, the meaning can vary. For example: Il viendra, n'est-ce pas? He will come, won't he? or isn't that so? etc.

Sra (aka Mme)