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| caeireann2 | Monday 27th of March 2006 06:33:18 PM |
| - [b]Positive question:[/b] Vous êtes marié(e)? | Are you married? [b]Oui[/b], je suis marié(e). | Yes, I am married. [b]Non[/b], je ne suis pas marié(e). | No, I am not married. [b]Negative question:[/b] Vous êtes pas marié(e)? | Are you not married? [b]Si[/b], je suis marié(e). | Yes, I am married. [b]Non[/b], je ne suis pas marié(e). | No, I am not married. | |
| detbarn | Monday 27th of March 2006 11:24:12 PM |
| - It seems that my original message disappeared. I was asking that if respond to something like \"N'est-il pas ici\" with \"Oui\", would someone interpret it as \"Yes, he is here\" or \"No, he is not here\". | |
| caeireann2 | Tuesday 28th of March 2006 06:32:57 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by detbarn[/i] It seems that my original message disappeared. I was asking that if respond to something like \\"N'est-il pas ici\\" with \\"Oui\\", would someone interpret it as \\"Yes, he is here\\" or \\"No, he is not here\\".[/quote] I know. I could not see it so I answered your question with an example :) Well you can not answer a negative question in French with \"oui\". It makes no sense. As to what they would interpret it as I do not know, but I imagine they would be confused! :) | |
| detbarn | Monday 01st of May 2006 01:00:34 PM |
| - Can I answer a negative \"est-ce que\" question like \"Est-ce que ils ne viennent pas?\" with \"oui\"? | |
| caeireann | Monday 15th of May 2006 11:05:22 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by detbarn[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by detbarn[/i] Can I answer a negative \\\\\\\"est-ce que\\\\\\\" question like \\\\\\\"Est-ce que ils ne viennent pas?\\\\\\\" with \\\\\\\"oui\\\\\\\"?[/quote] Please answer me.[/quote] A question is a question regardless of how you phrase it. | |
| detbarn | Monday 15th of May 2006 11:50:07 PM |
| - Are these possible? \"Est-ce vrai qu\'ils ne viennent pas?\" \"Oui, c\'est vrai.\" \"Est-ce qu\'ils ne viennent pas?\" \"Oui, c\'est.\" | |
| Mery | Tuesday 16th of May 2006 03:42:59 AM |
| - Only the first sentence is correct. The second sentence doesn\'t mean anything. | |
| detbarn | Wednesday 12th of July 2006 09:25:37 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by caeireann2[/i] Well you can not answer a negative question in French with \\\"oui\\\". It makes no sense. As to what they would interpret it as I do not know, but I imagine they would be confused! :)[/quote] Which one would you interpret it as? \"Ils ne viennent pas?\" \"Oui, (ils ne viennent pas).\" or \"Oui, (ils viennent).\" | |
| caeireann | Wednesday 12th of July 2006 11:24:27 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by detbarn[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by caeireann2[/i] Well you can not answer a negative question in French with \\\\\\\"oui\\\\\\\". It makes no sense. As to what they would interpret it as I do not know, but I imagine they would be confused! :)[/quote] Which one would you interpret it as? \\\"Ils ne viennent pas?\\\" \\\"Oui, (ils ne viennent pas).\\\" or \\\"Oui, (ils viennent).\\\" [/quote] Non, ils ne viennent pas. Si, ils viennent. No other way makes sense. But if someone did say \"oui\" I\'d imagine it would be the second form: (ils viennent) | |
