🇫🇷 How to say ‘what’ in French. Speak better French now! What – Que (also means other things) Que voulez-vous ? / Que veux-tu ? This is the most formal 🎩 way of asking a question. A less formal way is to say “What is it that you want?” Qu’est-ce que vous voulez ? / Qu’est-ce que tu veux ? The least formal way, used with close friends and family: “You want what?” Vous voulez quoi ? / Tu veux quoi ? (Very common in spoken French.) If you’re asking “what thing/peson” as in which one / which thin