Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning French Conversation

When making arrangements with someone, use Est-ce que ça vous va si…?or Est-ce que ça te va si…?to ask someone if something suits them. vacomes from the verb aller.For more information on aller,see here.

To ask somebody if they would prefer something, use Est-ce que tu préférerais que…?or Est-ce que vous préféreriez que…?( Would you prefer it if…? ), which comes from the verb préférerin the conditional. The conditional is very useful to make polite requests or offers. You can find out more about it here. For more information on -erverbs like préférer,see here.

If you want to confirm an arrangement with somebody, you can use Est-ce qu’on est d’accord sur…?( Are we agreed on…? ).

BON À SAVOIR!

D’accordis used to accept offers or to agree: On y va ensemble? – D’accord!( Shall we go together? – OK! ).

When you want to say that you have to do something in French, you use il faut que( I have to ) followed by the subjunctive. For more information on the subjunctive, see here.

BON À SAVOIR!

To say that you don’t have to do something, use je ne suis pas obligé de,not il ne faut pas que jewhich means I mustn’t .

To say what you have to do, you can also use je dois( I must ) and then the verb in the infinitive. doiscomes from devoirwhich you can find out about here.

When you want to say that you should or ought to do something, use il faudrait que( I should ) and then the verb in the subjunctive. Like faut, faudraitcomes from the verb falloir,but faudraitis the conditional. To find out more about the conditional and the subjunctive, see here.

To ask what someone has to do or when, how, why or where they have to do it, put qu’( what ), quand( when ), comment( how ), pourquoi( why ), où( where ) and so on at the beginning of the sentence, before est-ce qu’il faut que( do you have to ). Remember that the verb after il faut queis in the subjunctive. To find out more about the subjunctive, see here.