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Spanish Question Words Explained

The document provides a comprehensive guide to Spanish question words, including their meanings and examples. It emphasizes the importance of agreement in number and gender for certain question words and notes that all question words require a written accent to convey the correct meaning. Examples are provided for each question word, such as quién (who), qué (what), dónde (where), cuándo (when), por qué (why), cuál (which), cuánto (how much/how many), and cómo (how).

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Spanish Question Words Explained

The document provides a comprehensive guide to Spanish question words, including their meanings and examples. It emphasizes the importance of agreement in number and gender for certain question words and notes that all question words require a written accent to convey the correct meaning. Examples are provided for each question word, such as quién (who), qué (what), dónde (where), cuándo (when), por qué (why), cuál (which), cuánto (how much/how many), and cómo (how).

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Question Words

Palabras interrogativas
 Question words are used to ask for specific information.

Question Words and Examples


 ¿Quién?  Who?
 The question word, quién, must agree in number (singular or plural).

o ¿Quién es el capitán?
Who is the captain?
o ¿Quiénes son esos muchachos?
Who are those boys?

 ¿Qué?  What?
o ¿Qué dijiste?
What did you say?
o ¿Qué es esa cosa?
What is that thing?

 ¿Dónde?  Where?
o ¿Dónde está la biblioteca?
Where is the library?
o ¿De dónde eres?
Where are you from?

 ¿Cuándo?  When?
o ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
When is your birthday?
o ¿Cuándo empieza la fiesta?
When does the party begin?

 ¿Por qué?  Why?


o ¿Por qué estás llorando?
Why are you crying?
o ¿Por qué estudias demasiado?
Why do you study so much?

Spanish BCCC Tutoring Center Rev. 7/2015


 ¿Cuál?  Which? (What?)
 Cuál may also be translated into what in English. Cuál is used in place
of qué when the responder has many options as possible answers.

 The question word, cuál, must agree in number (singular or plural).

o ¿Cuál es la fecha?
What is the date?
o ¿Cuáles libros son tuyos?
Which books are yours?
o ¿Cuál es tu color favorito?
What is your favorite color?

 ¿Cuánto?  How much? How many?


 The question word, cuánto, must agree in gender (masculine or
feminine) and number (singular or plural).

o ¿Cuánto cuesta la camisa?


How much does the shirt cost?
o ¿Cuántas camisas son rojas?
How many shirts are red?
o ¿Cuántos libros tienes?
How many books do you have?

 ¿Cómo?  How? (What?)


o ¿Cómo llegaste aquí?
How did you arrive here?
o ¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
o ¿Cómo te sientes hoy?
How do you feel today?

 All the question words always have a written accent. Without the accent, the words have a different
meaning.

Question Word Meaning with Accent Meaning without Accent


¿Cómo? How? como  like or as
¿Qué? What? que  that
¿Por qué? Why? porque  because

Spanish BCCC Tutoring Center Rev. 7/2015

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