Responding to an affirmative question
— Tu vas à la piscine ?
— Oui, j’aime la natation. (Agreeing — you will go)— Tu vas à la piscine ?
— Non, je déteste la natation. (Disagreeing — you will not go)
Responding to a negative question
— Tu ne vas pas à la piscine ?
— Non, je déteste la natation. (Agreeing — you will not go)— Tu ne vas pas à la piscine ?
— Si, j’aime la natation. (Disagreeing — you will go)
Note that all of these are the informal style of asking questions (i.e. like declarative sentences but with a rising intonation).
A less informal way is with the est-ce que structure:
Est-ce que tu ne vas pas à la piscine ?
The most formal way is by inversion:
Ne vas-tu pas à la piscine ?
(Thanks to @LukeSawczak for his edits)
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