Question words

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Question words
Las Palabras Interrogativas

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What?

• Cómo?

Cómo te llamas? Whats your name?
Me llamo Eva. My name is Eva.
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How?
Cómo?

• Cómo estás?
• How are you?

Estoy mal. Im not well.
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What?
Qué?
Qué es eso? What is that?
Es una calculadora. Its a calculator.
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When?

• Cuándo?

Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? When is your birthday?
Es el doce de agosto. Its on August 12th.
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Where?

• Dónde?

Dónde está mi libro? Where is my book?
Está en la mesa. Its on the table.
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A dónde?

• Where to?

A dónde vas? Where are you going to?
Voy a México. Im going to Mexico.
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De dónde?

• Where from?

De dónde eres? Where are you from?
Soy de Trenton, New Jersey. Im from Trenton, New
Jersey.
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Why?

• Por qué?

Por qué lloras? Why are you crying?
Porque tengo hambre. Because I am hungry.
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Quién? (one person)
Who?
Quién es de la Argentina? Who is from Argentina?
Andrea es de la Argentina. Andrea is from
Argentina.
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Who?
Quiénes? (more than one person)
Quiénes son de los Estados Unidos? Who is from
the United States?
Nosotros somos de los Estados Unidos. We are from
the United States.
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De quién?
Whose?
De quién es ese gato? Whose cat is that?
Es mío. Its mine.
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Which (one / ones)?

• Cuál? / Cuáles?

Cuál quieres, la manzana o la naranja? Which one
do you want, the apple or the orange?
Quiero la naranja. I want the orange.
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How many?

• Cuántos/ Cuántas?

Cuantos libros tienes? How many books do you
have?
Tengo muchos. I have many.
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How much?

• Cuánto?

Cuánto cuesta el helado? How much does the ice
cream cost?
Cuesta dos dólares. It costs two dollars.
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Preguntas y respuestas
When answering questions, pay attention to the
verb form. The verb form in the answer will be
based on the question.
If the question is asked of you, the answer is
in the I form. If the question asks about him,
then the answer is also about him, etc.
EVERY sentence (answer) must have a subject and a
verb.
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yo
tú / Ud.
tú
yo
él / ella
él / ella
Ud.
yo
nosotros
Uds. / nosotros
vosotros
nosotros
ellos / ellas
ellos / ellas
Uds.
nosotros
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