Ask A French Teacher - What Does Si Mean?

Tutorial Transcript

hi everybody can this year welcome to ask a teacher while I answer your most common French questions the question for this lesson is what does it mean and how do you use it si has two main meanings the first meaning is if and the second one is yes but only to negative questions let's go over it first if you want to say if you come to the party Madeline will come to you use C C to G an effete Madalena analysis a common expression using C is C TV meaning if you want for example sit river olive ensemble if you want we'll go there together not that if you use C with L or in plural you abbreviate it to seal and seal to avoid repeating the same letter so with LLL the expression is silver repeat Rossini if he wants I can cook the other meaning of C is a little trickier but I'm sure you'll get it in no time you know questions that have negative phrasing like won't you be cold or aren't you coming in English if your answer is yes you'd say something like yes I'm coming or actually yes I will be cold in French yes in response to a negative question is different from a yes to a positive question are you coming or Chisa is a positive question if you answer yes you would answer we on the other hand if someone asks you aren't you coming and your answer is still yes then you will say C Jahnavi impatient ooh I want you're coming over to our place is a negative question so you'd respond seizures oh yes I'm coming in a way she puts yes-and-no into one word it's kind of like saying no what'd you just say is wrong but yes I'm agreeing here are a couple more examples in the weapon eat well occasion isn't she going to clean the kitchen and see if Ellen eat ye yes he'll clean it all this one tip amoled aren't you sick and see Missy toppity room yes but it's a small cold how was it did I help clear things up if you have any more questions please leave them in the comments below and I try to answer them Adamo see you soon you