Question words

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Today I'll teach you how to ask questions in Spanish. I include, as usual, a pronunciation guide in parenthesis. For more on Spanish pronunciation, just follow the link titled 'Spanish Pronunciation' above the picture, or click here. (Sorry, the links are not available for now while I rebuild the blog. Sorry about that.)

¿Qué? - (keh) What?

¿Quién? - (kee-ehn) Who?

¿Cuál? - (koo-ahl) Which?

¿Cuándo? - (koo-ahn-doh) When?

¿Cómo? - (koh-moh) How?

¿Dónde? - (don-deh) Where?

¿Por qué? - (pohr keh) Why?

¿Cuánto? - (koo-ahn-toh) How much?

As you can see, in Spanish we have two question marks; one at the beginning of the question, and one at the end.

Each of these question words is only a question word when accentuated, so make sure you write the accent. Por qué has several variations: porqué, por que, and porque, but we'll take a look at those in another lesson.

Some useful examples of questions using the question words:

1 - ¿Qué es? - What is it?

2 - ¿Qué es eso? - What is that?

3 - ¿Qué es lo que dice ahí? - What does it say there?

4 - ¿Cuál autobús puedo tomar para llegar al hotel? - Which bus can I take to get to the hotel?

5 - ¿Cuál es? - Which is it?

6 - ¿A qué hora sale el tren? - At what time does the train leave?

7 - ¿A qué hora sale el autobús? - At what time does the bus leave?

8 - ¿A qué hora sale el vuelo? - At what time does the flight leave?

9 - ¿A qué hora sale el avión? - At what time does the plane leave?

10 - ¿Qué día es? - What day is it?

11 - ¿Qué precio tiene? - What is the price?

12 - ¿Qué vas a ordenar? - What are you going to order?

13 - ¿Quién es? - Who is it?

14 - ¿Quién es la persona a cargo? - Who is the person in charge?

15 - ¿Quién es el guía? - Who is the guide?

16 - ¿Cuándo sale el tren? - When does the train leave?

17 - ¿Cuándo sale el autobús? - When does the bus leave?

18 - ¿Cuándo sale el vuelo? - When does the flight leave?

19 - ¿Cuándo sale el avión? - When does the plane leave?

20 - ¿Cuándo es la entrevista? - When is the interview?

21 - ¿Cómo es? - How is it?

22 - ¿Cómo es ese plato? ¿Es picante? - How is that dish? Is is spicy?

23 - ¿Cómo? ¿Me puede repetir? - What? Can you repeat that?

24 - ¿Dónde está el baño? - Where is the bathroom?

25 - ¿Dónde está el restaurante? - Where is the restaurant?

26 - ¿Dónde es el hotel? - Where is the hotel?

27 - ¿Por qué se retrasó el vuelo? - Why was the flight delayed?

28 - ¿Cuánto tiempo falta? - How much time left?

29 - ¿Cuánto vale? - How much does it cost?

30 - ¿Cuánto cuesta? - How much is it worth?

31 - ¿Cuánto dinero? - How much money?

32 - ¿Cuánto tiempo tomará? - How much time will it take?

33 - ¿Cuánto se tarda? - How much time does it take?

Vocabulary here:

1 - Es - Is, to be

2 - Eso, Ese - That

3 - Dice - Says (a form of the verb 'decir', which means, 'to say')

4 - Ahí - There

5 - Autobús - Bus

6 - Puedo - Can I; I can (a form of the verb 'poder', which means 'can; be able to')

7 - Tomar - To take; to drink

8 - Llegar - To arrive

9 - Hotel - Hotel

10 - Para - For; to

11 - Hora - Hour; time

12 - Sale - Leaves, to leave (a form of the verb 'salir', which means 'to leave)

13 - Tren - Train

14 - Vuelo - Flight

15 - Avión - Plane, Airplane

16 - Plato - Plate, dish

17 - Picante - Spicy

18 - Puede - Can you

19 - Repetir - To repeat

20 - Está - Is, to be (in a place)

21 - Baño - Bathroom

22 - Restaurante - Restaurant

23 - Retrasó - Delayed (a past form of the verb 'retrasar' which means 'to delay')

24 - Tiempo - Time

25 - Falta - to be missing

26 - Vale, Cuesta - To cost, to be worth

27 - Dinero - Money

28 - Tarda - To take (time)

29 - Cargo - charge

30 - Entrevista - Interview

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