forming questions - spanish 1010 fall...
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There are three basic ways to ask questions in Spanish.
Can you guess what they are by looking at the photos and photo captions on this page?
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One way to form a question is to raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a statement.
When writing any question in Spanish, use an upside down question mark (¿) at the beginning and a regular question mark (?) at the end of the sentence.
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#1
Manuel toma clases. Tú estudias español. Los estudiantes estudian. Nosotros miramos la tele. Ellos hablan inglés.
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#1
You can also form a question by inverting the order of the subject and the verb of a statement.
The subject may even be placed at the end of the sentence.
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#2
Toma Manuel clases. Estudias tú español. Estudian los estudiantes. Miramos (nosotros) la tele. Hablan (ellos) inglés.
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Questions can also be formed by adding the tags ¿no? or ¿verdad? at the end of a statement.
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#3
Manuel toma clases, ¿ no? Tú estudias español, ¿ verdad? Los estudiantes estudian, ¿ no? Nosotros miramos la tele, ¿ verdad? Ellos hablan inglés, ¿ verdad?
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When pronouncing this type of question, the pitch of your voice falls at the end of the sentence.
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Notice the difference between these two words:
¿por qué?, which is written as two words and has an accent,
porque, which is written as one word without an accent.
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In Spanish no can mean both no and not. Therefore, when answering a yes/no question in the negative, you need to use no twice.
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