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Est-ce que vous lisez ce magazine passionnant ?

Est-ce que vous lisez ce magazine passionnant ?
Are you reading this fascinating magazine?
From Lesson 86:Irregular communication verbs (dire, lire)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que vous lisez ce magazine passionnant ?

Why is the verb conjugated as lisez here?
Lisez is the vous (you) form of the irregular verb lire (to read) in the present tense. Even though the verb is irregular, its vous form still takes the standard -ez ending. The plural forms for this verb are nous lisons, vous lisez, and ils/elles lisent.
Is magazine related to the French word for a shop?
They look and sound very similar, which often trips up learners! Un magazine (with a "z") is a publication you read, exactly like in English. Un magasin (with an "s") is a shop or store.
Why do we use ce instead of cet before magazine?
Both ce and cet mean "this" or "that" for masculine singular nouns. We use ce here because magazine starts with a consonant. Cet is only used before masculine nouns that start with a vowel or a silent "h" (like cet animal or cet homme) to make pronunciation smoother.
Passionnant looks like "passionate". Does it mean the same thing?
Not quite! Passionnant translates closer to "fascinating", "exciting", or "captivating" when describing a thing like a magazine or movie. If you want to describe a person who is full of passion, you would use a different form: passionné.

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