French Phrase
Tu fais du sport à quelle fréquence ?
Meaning
Literally, “You do sport at what frequency?” In everyday English it means “How often do you exercise?” The phrase is used to inquire about the regularity of someone’s sporting or fitness activities.
When to use
Use this sentence when you want to know a friend’s or a colleague’s exercise routine – for example after a gym conversation, during a health‑check chat, or when planning a joint activity.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Tufaisdusportàquellefréquence?
Subject pronoun (Tu)
The informal second‑person singular pronoun used with friends, family, or peers.
Verb faire (present)
Faire is an irregular -er verb; in the present tense for ‘tu’ it becomes ‘fais’.
Partitive article (du)
‘Du’ = de + le; used before uncountable nouns or activities like ‘sport’.
Interrogative phrase (à quelle fréquence)
Literally ‘at what frequency’; the standard way to ask ‘how often’ in French.
Question mark without inversion
In spoken French you can keep the normal word order and just raise intonation; written French still uses the question mark.
🗨In Conversation
Tu fais du sport à quelle fréquence ?
How often do you work out?
Je vais à la salle trois fois par semaine.
I go to the gym three times a week.
✕Common Mistakes
Tu fais du sport à quel fréquence ?
‘Quel’ is masculine; the noun ‘fréquence’ is feminine, so you need the feminine form ‘quelle’.
Tu fait du sport à quelle fréquence ?
The verb ‘faire’ must be conjugated to match the subject ‘tu’: ‘fais’. Forgetting the ‘s’ makes the sentence ungrammatical.
Tu fais le sport à quelle fréquence ?
When speaking about a specific sport you would use the definite article (le, la). ‘Du sport’ is correct for a general activity.
↔Alternatives
À quelle fréquence pratiques‑tu du sport ?
How often do you practice sport?
Tu pratiques du sport combien de fois par semaine ?
How many times a week do you practice sport?
Tu fais du sport souvent ?
Do you often do sport?
Cultural Tip
In France, ‘faire du sport’ is the most common way to talk about exercising, regardless of the activity (running, swimming, yoga, etc.). When asking about frequency, French speakers prefer the structure ‘à quelle fréquence’ rather than a direct translation of ‘how many times’. Also, keep in mind the informal ‘tu’ is only appropriate with people you know well; with strangers or elders you would use ‘vous’ – e.g., ‘Vous faites du sport à quelle fréquence ?’