Word
Est-ce que vous devez imprimer ce dossier ?
Meaning
Do you have to print this file?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Est-ce que vous devez imprimer ce dossier ?
vous
you (plural/formal)
ce
this (before a noun)
est-ce que
is it that / do / does (question marker)
devoir
to have to / must
Questions & Answers about Est-ce que vous devez imprimer ce dossier ?
Why does the sentence use devez?
Devez is the vous (you) form of the verb devoir, which means "must" or "to have to". In the present tense, the vous form ends in "-ez".
Does devez mean "must" or "have to"?
Why is the verb imprimer not conjugated?
When two verbs are used together in French, the second verb stays in its infinitive (unchanged dictionary) form. Here, the first verb devez is conjugated, so imprimer (to print) stays in the infinitive.
What is the purpose of est-ce que at the start of the sentence?
Why is it ce dossier instead of le dossier?