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how
how [{{t}}haʊ]
comment1(a), 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3 comme1(c), 2(c) que1(c), 2(b)
1 adverb
(a) (in what way) comment;
how do you spell it? comment est-ce que ça s'écrit?;
how shall we go about it? comment nous y prendre?;
how was she dressed? comment est-ce qu'elle était habillée?, qu'est-ce qu'elle portait?;
how could you be so careless? comment as-tu pu être aussi étourdi?;
how could you! tu n'as pas honte?;
how is it that...? comment se fait-il que...?;
how so?, how can that be? comment cela (se fait-il)?;
how's that (again)? comment?;
how's that for results? alors ces résultats, qu'est-ce que vous en pensez?;
how's that for size? ça va comme taille?;
suppose I offer you another £500, how's that? et si je t'offre 500 livres en plus, qu'est-ce que tu en dis?;
{{}}familiar{{}} how the heck should I know? mais enfin, comment veux-tu que je sache?
(b) (in greetings, friendly enquiries etc) comment;
how are you? comment allez-vous?;
how are you doing? comment ça va?;
how do you do? enchanté!;
how are things? ça marche?;
how's business? comment vont les affaires?;
{{}}familiar{{}} how's life? comment ça va?;
how did it go? comment ça s'est passé?;
how's the dollar (doing)? comment va le dollar?;
how's your leg? et (comment va) ta jambe?;
how do you like this wine? comment trouvez-vous ce vin?;
how did you like or how was the film? comment as-tu trouvé le film?;
how was your trip? avez-vous fait bon voyage?;
how's the water? l'eau est bonne?
(c) (in exclamations) que, comme;
how sad she is! qu'elle est triste!, comme elle est triste!;
how nice of you! comme c'est aimable à vous!;
how decadent! quelle décadence!;
how incredible! c'est incroyable!;
how easily they forget! comme ils oublient facilement!;
how I wish I could! si seulement je pouvais!;
{{}}familiar{{}} how stupid can you get! est-il possible d'être bête à ce point-là!
(d) (with adj or adv) (to what extent) how wide is the room? quelle est la largeur de la pièce?;
how tall are you? combien mesures-tu?;
how old is she? quel âge a-t-elle?;
how well can you see it? est-ce que tu le vois bien?;
how angry is he? il est vraiment fâché?;
how fast/slowly was he walking? à quelle vitesse marchait-il?;
how far is it from here to the sea? combien y a-t-il d'ici à la mer?;
how likely is that to happen? quelle est la probabilité d'un tel événement?;
how keen are you on fish? aimez-vous le poisson?;
how much does this bag cost? combien coûte ce sac?;
how much is it/do I owe you? combien est-ce que ça coûte/vous dois-je?;
how many are there of you? vous êtes combien (de personnes)?;
how often did she come? - about three or four times combien de fois est-elle venue? - trois ou quatre fois;
how often did he write? est-ce qu'il écrivait souvent?;
how long has he been here? depuis quand ou depuis combien de temps est-il ici?;
how long is the flight? quelle est la durée du vol?;
how soon can you deliver it? à partir de quand pouvez-vous le livrer?;
how late will you stay? jusqu'à quelle heure resteras-tu?;
you know how useful he is to me vous savez à quel point il m'est utile;
you don't know how right you are vous ne savez pas combien vous dites vrai, vous ne savez pas à quel point vous avez raison
2 conjunction
(a) (in what way) comment;
tell me how you do it dites-moi comment vous faites;
he's learning how to read il apprend à lire;
we know how to extract it nous savons comment l'extraire;
I need more information on how the network functions j'ai besoin de plus de renseignements sur le fonctionnement du réseau;
I don't know how he can say that! je ne sais pas comment il peut dire une chose pareille!
(b) (the fact that)
he told us how he had seen his child born il nous a raconté qu'il avait vu naître son enfant;
you know how he always gets his own way tu sais bien comment il est, il finit toujours par obtenir ce qu'il veut;
we all know how smell can influence taste tout le monde sait comment l'odorat a une influence sur le goût;
I remember how he always used to turn up late je me souviens qui'il était toujours en retard
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (however) comme ;
arrange the furniture how you like installe les meubles comme tu veux;
did you like it? - and how! ça t'a plu? - et comment!
3 noun
comment m inv;
the how and the why of it don't interest me le pourquoi et le comment ne m'intéressent pas
4 exclamation
{{}}humorous{{}} (greeting) salut
5 how about adverb
{{}}familiar{{}} how about a beer? et si on prenait une bière?;
how about going out tonight? si on sortait ce soir?;
how about Friday? vendredi, ça va?;
how about you, what do you think? et toi, qu'est-ce que tu en penses?;
how about that! c'est pas vrai!
6 how come adverb
{{}}familiar{{}} how come? comment ça se fait?;
how come you left? comment ça se fait que tu sois parti?

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