A1.2 · Work and study · model audio
How to pronounce “Qu'est-ce que vous faites ?” in French
What do you do? Hear the complete line, then keep its meaning and situation in mind as you repeat.
Meaning and use
What this French phrase means
Qu'est-ce que vous faites ?
English: What do you do?
Speaker in this scene: A
Mission: What do you do? · Work and study
Related mission sound · /k/
Practise the mission cue, then return to the complete line.
Block the air with the back of your tongue against the palate.
The cue belongs to the wider speaking mission and is not presented as a complete IPA transcription of this sentence.
Model word or phrase
qu'est-ce que
whatRepeat: que, qu'est-ce que.
What do you do? · A1.2
Hear the phrase inside a complete French conversation
Read the exchange once for meaning. Then replay the target line and repeat it without losing the speaker's intention.
- AQu'est-ce que vous faites ?What do you do?1
- BJe suis médecin. Et vous ?I am a doctor. And you?2
- AJe suis étudiant en droit.I am a law student.3
- BIntéressant !Interesting!4
A four-pass routine
Listen, shape, say, then use.
- Play the checked model once without speaking.
- Read the English meaning and choose the intention you want to express.
- Apply the /k/ cue to its model example, then replay the complete target line.
- Read the full exchange aloud, then change one detail and answer again.
Same speaking mission
Continue with related French phrases
These lines belong to the same situation, so the vocabulary and speaking intention stay connected.
Record this line inside the guided Parle mission.
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