Starting
Points in Language Study:
Question words can obviously
be used in conjunction with other vocabulary, such as the examples
provided in the list with prepositions. As you continue studying,
you'll pick up more of these combinations naturally - so just
concern yourself with USING one question word at a time. These
will be used frequently in your conversations!
When you're reading a question
in Spanish, the question starts with an upside-down question mark.
This indicates right off the bat that you're dealing with a question.
It actually makes reading simpler, knowing how to intonate what
you're reading before you get to the end and only then realize:
"Uh-Oh! It's a question!"
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Click on the black button
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Adónde ? |
Where
to? To where? |
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A dónde ? |
Where
to? To where? |
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A quién ? |
Whom?
To whom? |
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Cómo ? |
How?
How was that? |
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Cuál ? |
Which? |
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Cuáles ? |
Which
ones? |
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Cuándo ? |
When? |
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Cuánto ? |
How
much? ( ... generic ... ) |
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Cuánta ? |
How
much? ( ... feminine ... ) |
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Cuántos ? |
How
many? ( ... generic ... ) |
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Cuántas ? |
How
many? ( ... feminine ... ) |
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De quién ? |
From
whom? Of whom? Whose? |
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Dónde ? |
Where? |
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Para qué ? |
For
what? In order to what? To do what? |
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Para quién ? |
For
whom? |
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Por qué ? |
Why? |
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¿
Por quién ? |
By
whom? Through whom? |
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Qué ? |
What? |
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Quién ? |
Who? |
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Quiénes ? |
Who?
(plural) |
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Notice
that questions in Spanish begin with an inverted question
mark. This marker may occur mid-sentence. |
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