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PREGUNTAS/ QUESTIONS
In Spanish there are 3 ways of asking a question to elicit a yes or no answer, and they are the following:
1. Verb + pronoun ...Unlike English, the auxiliaries do and does are not used.
- ¿Quieren ustedes aprender español?/ Do you want to learn Spanish?
NOTE: That interrogative questions have an opening (¿) question mark and also a closing one (?).
2. Pronoun + verb...The intonation makes the sentence interrogative.
- ¿Ustedes quieren aprender español?/ Do you want to learn Spanish?
3. Verb +...+ pronoun. The pronoun goes last.
- ¿Quieren aprender español ustedes?/ Do you want to learn Spanish?
PALABRAS INTERROGATIVAS/ INTERROGATIVE WORDS
NOTE: These words are ALWAYS graphically accentuated, whether they are used to formulate a direct or indirect question.
- ¿Qué hora es?/ What time is it? (direct)
- Dime qué hora es./ Tell me what time it is. (indirect)
¿A qué hora...? What time...? ¿Dónde? Where? ¿De dónde? From where? ¿Por dónde? Which direction? ¿A dónde? To where? ¿Cómo? How? ¿Cuál/-es? Which one/-s? ¿Cuándo? When? ¿Cuánto/-a? How much? ¿Cuántos/-as? How many? ¿Qué? What? ¿Para qué? For what reason? ¿Por qué? Why? ¿Quién/-es? Who? ¿A quién? To whom? ¿Para quién? For whom ¿De quién/-es? Whose?
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