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Asking questions
Now that you can conjugate verbs and form sentences, it’s time to learn to form questions.
Asking simple questions
A simple question is one that elicits either a “yes” or a “no” for an answer. In Spanish, this involves
placing the conjugated verb in front of the subject: Tú hablas español (“You speak Spanish”) becomes
¿Hablas tú español? (“Do you speak Spanish?”). In English, we oft en use the auxiliary
verb “do” or “does” in front of a sentence to form a question. In this context, however, “do” and
“does” are not translated into Spanish.
EJERCICIO
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¿Vives tú en España? Do you live in Spain?
¿Trabajáis en el banco? Do you all work in the bank?
¿Come él aquí con frecuencia? Does he eat here oft en?
¿Leen ellos el periódico cada día? Do they read the newspaper every day?
Traducción
1. Do you speak English?
2. Do you understand?
3. Do you all study a lot?
4. Does he sing well?
5. Does she sell clothing?
6. Does he work here?
7. Do they live there?
8. Do unicorns exist?
9. Does she write books?
10. Does he make many mistakes?
11. Do you read in the library?
12. Does she understand?
Asking complex questions
Complex questions request more than a simple “yes” or “no.” Th e asker is wanting specifi c information
or an explanation.
To form complex questions, precede a simple question with one of the following
interrogatives.
¿Quién?, ¿Quiénes? Who?
¿Qué? What?
¿Cuándo? When?
¿Dónde? Where?
14 practice makes perfect Spanish Verb Tenses