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Flashcards by Jamal Student, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jamal Student
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| Question | Answer |
| 6 Question phrases | ¿Qué es…? ¿Cuál es…? ¿Cuál de…? ¿Qué (sustantivo)…? ¿Qué (verbo)…? ¿Cuál (verbo)…? |
| Question phrase 1 – ¿Qué es…? The first thing you should to ask yourself: are you looking for the definition of a word or phrase? If you are, you’ll need this first question phrase. Think of ¿Qué es…? as asking “What is the definition of…?”. | English: What is (the definition of) a country? Espanõl: ¿Qué es un país? English: What is (the definition of) a family name? Español: ¿Qué es un apellido? English: What is (the definition of) a sentence? Español: ¿Qué es una oración? |
| Question phrase 2 – ¿Cuál es…? If your question isn’t related to the definition of an idea or concept, but instead could have a variety of options, you may need this second question phrase. In fact, ¿Cuál es…? should to be one of your go-to questions for asking about anything where more than one option is possible. Furthermore, you still need this construction even when it feels like there is only one answer such as asking someone’s name. | English: What is your name? Español: ¿Cuál es tu nombre? English: What is your favourite color? Español: ¿Cuál es tu color favorita? English: What is the plan this weekend? Español: ¿Cuál es el plan este fin de semana? English: Which are your shoes? Español: ¿Cuáles son tus zapatos? English: What are your favourite memories from the trip? Español: ¿Cuáles son tus recuerdos favoritos del viaje? |
| Question phrase 3 – ¿Cuál de…? This third question phrase is a lot more obvious than the previous two and is much easier to translate between English and Spanish. You use ¿Cuál de…? when you want to ask “which of … (these options) …?”. | English: Which of your siblings is the tallest? Español: ¿Cuál de tus hermanos es el más alto? English: Which of these paintings do you prefer? Español: ¿Cuál de estas pinturas prefieres? English: Which of the cars is yours? Español: ¿Cuál de los coches es el tuyo? English: Which of your friends know Spanish? Español: ¿Cuáles de tus amigos saben español? English: Which of your cousins went to your wedding? Español: ¿Cuáles de tus primas fueron a tu boda? |
| Question phrase 4 – ¿Qué (sustantivo)…? | English: Which book do you prefer? Español: ¿Qué libro prefieres? English: Which option do you want? Español: ¿Qué opción quieres? English: Which restaurant has the best food? Español: ¿Qué restaurante tiene la mejor comida? |
| Question phrase 5 – ¿Qué (verbo)…? You need this question phrase whenever you want to follow a question word by a conjugated verb and there isn’t a discrete set of choices in front of you. If you want to ask about what happened, what someone wants, what someone does, or what someone wants to do, etc., you’ll need this phrase. The choice between this phrase and the last phrase in Spanish is much closer to the consideration you have to make when deciding between ‘what’ and ‘which’ in English. If there is a big range of options, go with ¿Qué (verbo)…?. | English: What did you do on the weekend? Español: ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana? English: What do you want to do this afternoon? Español: ¿Qué quieres hacer esta tarde? English: What did you have for breakfast? Español: ¿Qué has desayunado? |
| Question phrase 6 – ¿Cuál (verbo)…? In contrast to the previous phrase, if you have a small set of things to choose from, and you know from context what you are choosing, then you will need this last phrase. Context matters here! In other words, you can only use this question phrase if linked to a previous statement. | English: Which of these three books do you want? Español: ¿Cuál de estos tres libros quieres? English: I have three books. Which (one) do you want? Español: Tengo tres libros. ¿Cuál quieres? English: There are two movies on at the cinema tonight. Which (one) would you prefer to watch? Español: Hay dos películas en el cine esta noche. ¿Cuál prefieres ver? English: I don’t know if I want to make meat or fish for dinner. Which (one) do you feel like? Español: No sé si quiero hacer carne o pescado para la cena. ¿Cuál te apetece? English: We have four desserts left. Which (ones) haven’t you tried? Español: Nos quedan cuatro postres. ¿Cuáles no has probado? |
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