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Est-ce que tu as une question ?

Est-ce que tu as une question ?
Do you have a question?
From Lesson 23:Standard questions (est-ce que)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que tu as une question ?

What does est-ce que mean in this sentence?
It acts just like "Do" in English here. Literally, it translates to "is it that," but it's simply a set phrase used to turn a regular statement into a question. Since tu as means "you have," adding est-ce que at the start changes it to "Do you have?".
This lesson is about adding question words to est-ce que. How would I do that here?
This specific sentence is a simple "yes or no" question, so it just starts with est-ce que. To add a question word like pourquoi (why) or quand (when), you simply put it at the very beginning of this exact sentence! For example: Pourquoi est-ce que tu as une question ? (Why do you have a question?).
Could I just say Tu as une question ? without est-ce que?
Yes, you can! In everyday spoken French, it's very common to just use the normal sentence order (Tu as une question) and make your voice go up at the end to show it's a question. However, using est-ce que is also extremely common and is a great, polite way to ask a question in any situation.
Why is it une question instead of un question?
Every noun (person, place, or thing) in French has a gender: masculine or feminine. The word question is feminine, so it must be paired with une, which is the feminine word for "a" or "an". A helpful trick for the future: almost all French words that end in -tion are feminine!

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