Capítulo 1 , Module 5 Asking and answering q's

Question 1

¿Qué?

Answer 1

What?

Question 2

Por qué?

Answer 2

Why?

Question 2

¿Cuándo?

Answer 2

When?

Question 3

¿A qué hora?

Answer 3

At what time?

Question 4

¿Dónde?

Answer 4

Where?

Question 5

¿De dónde?

Answer 5

From where/here?

Question 6

¿A dónde?

Answer 6

To where?

Question 7

¿Cuanto/a?

Answer 7

How much?

Question 8

¿Cuantos/as?

Answer 8

How many?

Question 9

¿Quién?

Answer 9

Who? (Singular), who all? (Plural)

Question 10

¿Quiénes?

Answer 10

Who?

Question 11

¿De quiénes?

Answer 11

Whose? (plural)

Question 11

¿Cuál (es)?

Answer 11

Which? Which is? (Singular)

Question 12

¿Cómo?

Answer 12

How?/what?

Question 13

¿Para qué?

Answer 13

Why? / what for?

Question 14

¿ Quién es? (kyehn ehs)

Answer 14

Who is it/she/he?
Who are you?

Question 14

If a subject is used in a question, it normally follows the verb.

Answer 14

¿Dónde trabaja Olivia?

Question 14

Attach a to dónde (adónde) to signal movement toward a place or target.
Adónde often requires the use of verb ir (to go) or another verb that indicates movement toward a target.

Answer 14

¿Adónde va Alejandro? Where is Alejandro going?

Question 15

Use por qué to ask why and Porque to answer because.

Answer 15

¿Por qué está Pepe en la biblioteca?
Porque necesita estudiar.

Question 15

Use qué + ser when you want to ask for a definition or an explanation.

Answer 15

¿Qué es la sardana?

Question 16

Use cuál(es) + ser when you want to ask which one(s).

Answer 16

¿Cuál es tu mochila?

Question 17

All question words have a written accent over the stressed syllable

When these words are used with a non-interrogative function, they do not have a written accent.

Answer 17

I.e cómo, dónde

Question 18

Questions that may be answered with sí or no do not use a question
word.

Answer 18

¿Trabajan ustedes los sábados?
No, no trabajamos.

Question 19

• Another way to ask a question is to place an interrogative tag after a
  statement.

Answer 19

Tú hablas inglés, ¿verdad?
You speak English, don’t you?

David es norteamericano, ¿no? David is North American, isn’t he?

Question 20

The use of ¿Qué?, the equivalent of English What?, may be considered rude in some contexts

Answer 20

¿Qué?

Question 20

Repasar (rreh-pah-sahr)

Answer 20

to check, to go over, to review

Question 20

To request repetition or clarification of a statement, use:

Answer 20

¿Cómo? or ¿Perdón?

Question 21

Consejero/a (kohn-seh-heh-ro/ah)

Answer 21

counselor, advisior

Question 22

Debe rellenar

Answer 22

Must fill out

Question 23

Aparte (ah-pahr-teh)

Answer 23

apart, aside, separately, besides, as well

Question 23

Eso (eh-soh)

Answer 23

That

Question 24

A veces (ah beh-sehs)

Answer 24

Sometimes, at times

Question 25

Solo (soh-loh)

Answer 25

One, only, single, alone, just

Question 26

Físicamente (fee-see-kah-mehn-teh)

Answer 26

physically

Question 27

¿Qué te gusta hacer? (keh teh goos-tah ah-sehr)

Answer 27

What do you like to do?

Question 27

Hablamos mañana, ¿no?

Answer 27

We'll talk tomorrow, won't we?

Question 28

Terminar (tehr-mee-nahr)

Answer 28

To end, to finish, to break up with

Question 29

Nos (nohs)

Answer 29

Us, ourselves, each other

Question 30

Deber (deh-behr)

Answer 30

Must, should, have to

Question 30

Aparte de ser muy trabajador, ¿cómo eres?

Answer 30

Apart from being very hard-working, what are you like?