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How to Say ‘How many kilometers do you do?’ in French

Vous faites combien de kilomètres ?

voo FET kohm-byen duh kee-loh-MEH-truh

[voo FET kohm-byen duh kee-loh-MEH-truh]

Phrase Breakdown

Vous faites

voo FET

You do

This is the 'vous' form of 'faire' (to do). 'Faites' sounds like 'fet', and the final '-es' is silent.

Example

Vous faites du sport ?

Do you do sports?

Words in this phrase

Vous

[voo]

you

Used to refer to the person or people being addressed.

Example

Vous aimez le film?

Do you like the movie?

faites

[FET]

do (you do)

Form of 'faire' used with 'vous'.

Example

Que faites-vous ce soir ?

What are you doing tonight?

combien de kilomètres ?

kohm-byen duh kee-loh-MEH-truh

how many kilometers?

This is a question with rising intonation. In casual French, the question word often comes after the verb.

Example

Tu cours combien de kilomètres ?

How many kilometers do you run?

Words in this phrase

combien

[kohm-byen]

how many

Question word phrase starter used to ask about quantity.

Example

Combien de personnes seront présentes à la réservation ?

How many people will be present for the reservation?

[duh]

Expressing the relationship between part and a whole.

Example

Un verre de lait.

A glass of milk.

kilomètres

[kee-loh-MEH-truh]

kilometres

Plural of kilomètre, 1000 metres.

Example

La gare est à cinq kilomètres.

The station is five kilometres away.

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