Here are 7 statements in French. Can you turn them into yes-no questions in an informal style like the Québécois do using tu?
Example: C’est bon. -> C’est-tu bon?
Apply any possible colloquial contractions. The answers come after the image.
1. C’est fini. It’s finished.
2. Ça vous tente. You [pl.] want to.
3. Il en reste. There’s some left.
4. Il est parti. He left.
5. Tu as gagné. You won.
6. Ça se peut. That’s possible.
7. Je peux. I can.
Answers
1. C’est-tu fini? Is it finished?
2. Ça vous tente-tu? Do you [pl.] want to?
3. Y’en reste-tu? Is there any left?
4. Y’est-tu parti? Did he leave?
5. T’as-tu gagné? Did you win?
6. Ça s’peut-tu? Is that possible?
7. J’peux-tu? Can I? (j’peux sounds like chpeu)
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Learn how words contract in spoken, colloquial Québécois French (with audio): read Contracted French
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