Spanish Grammar: Asking Questions – Interrogatives
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| Spanish Grammar: Asking Questions – Interrogatives la gramática española: hacer preguntas – los interrogativos
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| Interrogatives (interrogativos) are words that are used to ask questions! (They interrogate!)
Each interrogative, when used in a question, MUST have an accent mark! (Look at the interrogatives closely!) Without the accent marks, these interrogatives can turn into different words. Without the accent mark, they could mean different things! The question word (interrogative) usually appears at the beginning of the sentence. QUIÉN(ES) and CUÁL(ES) must agree in number (singular or plural) with the noun around it. CUÁNTO(A) & CUÁNTOS(AS) must agree in number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine) with the nouns around it. INTERROGATIVES: (los interrogativos) ¿qué? : what? ¿Qué hora es? ¿cómo? : how? ¿Cómo está usted? ¿cuál(es)? : which? / what? ¿Cuál es su apellido? ¿cuándo? : when? ¿Cuándo vamos? ¿dónde? : where? ¿Dónde está Jorge? ¿adónde? : to where? ¿Adónde se fue? ¿de dónde? : from where? ¿De dónde es usted? ¿por qué? : why? ¿Por qué tan serio? ¿quién(es)? : who(m) ¿Quién es la profesora? ¿cuánto(a)? : how much/many? ¿Cuánto cuesta la boleta? ¿cuántos(as)? : how much/many? ¿Cuántos años tiene usted? There are a few rules to follow when asking questions in Spanish: There must be an inverted question mark at the beginning of the sentence ( ¿ ), and a regular question mark ( ? ) at the end. In English, we use helping words like DO or DOES when asking questions. In Spanish, this is not necessary because it’s implied in the question. When asking questions in Spanish, the subject (the noun that’s being identified) is placed after the verb. Prepositions (a, de, con, en, por, para …) are required in front of the interrogative. They should not appear at the end of the sentence. |
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