2.2 Forming Questions in Spanish
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Vocabulary flashcards covering methods for forming questions in Spanish, punctuation rules, interrogative words, and negative responses based on the lecture notes.
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First method of forming a question
Raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a declarative sentence.
Spanish question punctuation
Use an upside-down question mark (¿) at the beginning and a regular question mark (?) at the end of the sentence.
Second method of forming a question
Invert the order of the subject and the verb of a declarative statement.
Third method of forming a question
Add the tags ¿no? or ¿verdad? at the end of a statement.
¿Adónde?
Where (to)?
¿Cómo?
How?
¿Cuál?, ¿Cuáles?
Which?; Which one(s)?
¿Cuándo?
When?
¿Cuánto/a?
How much?
¿Cuántos/as?
How many?
¿De dónde?
From where?
¿Dónde?
Where?
¿Por qué?
Written as two words with an accent, meaning 'Why?'.
porque
Written as one word without an accent, meaning 'Because'.
¿Qué?
What?; Which?
¿Quién?
Who?
¿Quiénes?
Who (plural)?
Interrogative question intonation
The pitch of your voice falls at the end of the sentence when asking a question with an interrogative word.
Answering in the negative in Spanish
Because 'no' can mean both 'no' and 'not', you need to use 'no' twice when answering a yes/no question in the negative.