/kɔmɑ̃/
Translation
how; what (when mishearing or asking for clarification)
Word origin
From Latin quomodo ('how, in what way'), a compound of quo ('by which') and modo ('manner'). Old French developed it into coment.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- quomodo
- English cognates
- mode, modo
Examples
'appelles ?
What's your name?
.
I don't know how he did that.
, !
How are you, it's been forever!
- ?
How did you manage to finish this project so quickly?
.
This is how you make a good coffee at home.
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Stories
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Grammar articles
(6)Reported Speech in French: Tense Backshift (dit que, a dit que)
French Greetings and Survival Phrases: Say Something Today
French Interrogatives: qui, que, où, quand, comment, pourquoi, combien, quel
French Question Words: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi and the Three Ways to Ask
Reported Questions and Commands in French
French Word Order: SVO, the Object Pronoun Inversion, and Six Rules That Cover 90% of Sentences
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