Qu'as-tu (en. What's wrong)

/ka a ty/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Question used to inquire about someone's state or possessions.

What do you have in your hand?

Qu'as-tu dans ta main ?

Used to ask for information about an issue or situation.

What did you do over the weekend?

Qu'as-tu fait pendant le week-end ?

Can express concern or curiosity.

What do you have on your mind?

Qu'as-tu à l'esprit ?

The old form of 'que' combined with 'as' and 'tu' literally translates to 'what do you have'.

what did you do?

Request for information about someone's past actions.

qu'as-tu fait ?

what do you have to tell me?

Question about information someone might share.

qu'as-tu à me dire ?

what did you take?

Inquiry about what someone has consumed or chosen.

qu'as-tu pris ?

that

Interrogative word used to ask questions.

que

have

Auxiliary of the verb 'to have', used in several questions.

you

Personal pronoun used to address someone in an informal manner.

What do you mean?

When I asked him what he thought, he replied 'what do you have?'

Quand je lui ai demandé ce qu'il pensait, il a répondu 'qu'as-tu ?'

What are you doing?

In a casual conversation, one might say 'what do you have?' to ask what the other is doing.

Dans une conversation décontractée, on peut dire 'qu'as-tu ?' pour demander ce que l'autre est en train de faire.