Breakdown of Le professeur est sévère ou sympa ?
Questions & Answers about Le professeur est sévère ou sympa ?
Why is there no "est-ce que" or swapped words to make this a question?
In everyday spoken French, you can turn a statement into a question simply by raising your pitch at the end. So, the statement Le professeur est sévère easily becomes the question Le professeur est sévère ?. Is sympa a slang word?
Sympa is the everyday, shortened version of the word sympathique (nice or friendly). It is extremely common and perfectly fine to use in standard spoken French, though you would use the full word in formal writing. Would sévère or sympa change if the teacher were a woman?
No! Because sévère already ends in an e, it looks exactly the same for masculine and feminine subjects. Sympa is an abbreviation, and it also never changes its spelling for masculine or feminine. If I am talking directly to this teacher, should I use tu or vous?
You should definitely use the formal vous when speaking to a teacher, especially if they are sévère (strict)! In French culture, students almost always use vous with their teachers to show respect and maintain a polite distance. Learn Le professeur est sévère ou sympa and more in French
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