Inverted questions in the compound past (Le Passé Composé) in French - with nouns

You've already seen how to form inverted questions in Le Présent. Let's see how to form inverted question in Le passé Composé when the subject is a noun.

Inverted questions with nouns in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French

To form questions by inverting in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) when the subject is a noun (Marie, la fille, etc), you follow this order:

(question word) + noun + auxiliary avoir/être + hyphen + il/elle/nous/vous/ils/elles (matching noun) past participle

Anne est allée au marché.  -> Anne est-elle allée au marché ? 
Anne went to the market.  ->  Did Anne go to the market? 

Note that when turning the sentence into a question, you still need to include the subject pronoun il, elle, nous, vous, ils or elles that matches the subject noun.

-> If the noun is Anne, you will use elle (feminine singular), but if it's garçon, you will use il (masculine singular).

Here are more examples:

Anne est-elle allée au marché ?Did Anne go the market?

ma sœur et moi avons-nous fait nos études ?Where did my sister and I study?

Thomas et toi êtes-vous partis tôt ?Did Thomas and you leave early?

Pourquoi mon frère est-il venu te voir ?Why did my brother come to see you?

Les enfants ont-ils pris leur petit-déjeuner ?Did the children have their breakfast?

Quand Juliette et Pauline ont-elles déménagé ?When did Juliette and Pauline move out?

ATTENTION:

For pronouns il/elle + avoir, you need to add a -t- between avoir (= a) and the pronoun, to ease the pronunciation:
Julie a-t-elle fait ses courses hier ?Did Julie do her shopping yesterday?

Le chien a-t-il mangé l'os ?Did the dog eat the bone?

 

See Inverted questions in the compound past (Le Passé Composé) in French - with subject pronouns
and Inverted questions with reflexive verbs in the compound past (Le Passé Composé) in French

See also Inverted questions in the present tense (Le Présent) in French - regular forms (except il/elle/on forms)
Inverted questions in the present tense (Le Présent) in French - il/elle/on forms

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Julie a-t-elle fait ses courses hier ?Did Julie do her shopping yesterday?
Le chien a-t-il mangé l'os ?Did the dog eat the bone?
Le petit garçon est-il entré dans la classe?Did the small boy go in the classroom?
Pourquoi mon frère est-il venu te voir ?Why did my brother come to see you?
ma sœur et moi avons-nous fait nos études ?Where did my sister and I study?
Quand Juliette et Pauline ont-elles déménagé ?When did Juliette and Pauline move out?
Anne est-elle allée au marché ?Did Anne go the market?
Thomas et toi êtes-vous partis tôt ?Did Thomas and you leave early?
Les enfants ont-ils pris leur petit-déjeuner ?Did the children have their breakfast?
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