{"id":1044,"date":"2021-03-22T23:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T22:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.sillabi.com\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:11:51","slug":"the-intonation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sillabi.com\/en\/the-intonation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intonation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ascending intonation at the end of the sentence plays an important role, because thanks to it we understand whether the other person is asking a question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If someone says to you: “\u00c7a va ?” he will expect you to answer “\u00c7a va” with a descending intonation or with replies such as “oui super”, “pas du tout”, “pas tr\u00e8s bien”, “comme ci comme \u00e7a”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But be careful! If the question contains the expression “est-ce que …” as in “O\u00f9 est-ce que vous allez?”, or if there is the inversion of the subject as in “O\u00f9 allez-vous?”, and especially if the interrogative word is at the end of the sentence as in \u201cVous allez o\u00f9?\u201d, then the intonation is often descending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may also happen that you don’t understand whether the other person is asking you a question. In this case, don’t worry: a small gap in the communication and the interlocutor will repeat the question, perhaps changing the intonation !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the sheet “The interrogative form<\/a>” to discover the different forms of this type of sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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