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How do you say "What do you want?" in French?
Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
In French, "What do you want?" is Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?.
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Pronunciation
Say kess-kuh-too-voo-druh, with voo rhyming with 'blue'.
Grammar notes
Voudrais is conditional form (would like), more polite than veux.
Example sentence
Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais manger ?
What would you like to eat?
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How to remember Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
Voudrais is softer and more polite than just veux.
Related words
- What can you do? Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- What do you love? Qu'est-ce que tu adores ?
- What is the temperature on Monday? Quelle sera la température lundi ?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? Quelle sera la température dimanche ?
- What is the temperature on Tuesday? Quelle sera la température mardi ?
- What is the weather on Saturday? Quel temps fera-t-il samedi ?
- What is the weather on Sunday? Quel temps fera-t-il dimanche ?
- What is the weather on Thursday? Quel temps fera-t-il jeudi ?
- What is your personality? Quelle est ta personnalité ?
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Questions about Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
How do you say "What do you want?" in French?
In French, "What do you want?" is Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?. It is a noun.
How is Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais? written in French?
Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais? is written using the standard French script.
How is Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais? used in a sentence?
Use Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais manger ? (What would you like to eat?).
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"What do you want?" in other languages
- Japanese 何が欲しいですか？ (nani ga hoshī desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 하고 싶어요? (mueoseul hago sipeoyo?)
- Chinese 你想要什么? (nǐ xiǎng yào shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué quieres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué quieres?
- German Was wünschst du dir?
- Italian Cosa vuoi?
- Russian Что ты хочешь? (čto ty hočešʹ?)
- Greek Τι θες; (ti thes)
- Arabic أنت عايز إيه؟ (inta Aaeyiz 'ieeh)
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