Word
Est-ce que tu as vu ce film bizarre ?
Meaning
Did you see this weird movie?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Est-ce que tu as vu ce film bizarre ?
tu
you (informal singular)
avoir
to have
ce
this (before a noun)
le film
the movie / the film
Questions & Answers about Est-ce que tu as vu ce film bizarre ?
What does as vu mean here, and how is it formed?
vu is the irregular past participle of the verb voir (to see). To talk about the past in French, you usually need a helper verb plus a past participle. Here, the helper is as (you have) and the participle is vu (seen). Together, tu as vu means 'you saw' or 'you have seen'.
Why does the sentence start with Est-ce que?
Est-ce que is a common phrase used to turn a statement into a yes/no question. The statement is tu as vu ce film bizarre (you saw this weird movie). By putting Est-ce que at the very beginning, you change it to 'Did you see this weird movie?'.
Why use ce instead of le before film?
Why does bizarre come after the word film?
In French, most adjectives (describing words) are placed directly after the noun they describe. In English we say 'weird movie', but in French the order usually flips, giving us film bizarre.