Subject following verb Flashcards

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Interrogative word questions

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¿Cuándo va él al médico? (When is he going to the doctor?)

¿Qué son los cromosomas? ¿Cuántos tenemos los humanos? (What are chromosones, how many do we humans have?)

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When an interrogative word begins an exclamation, the subject also follows the verb:

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¡Qué desnudos son los árboles! (How bare the trees are!)

¡Cuántos errores cometió él! (What a lot of mistakes he made!)

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Verbs of Existence Usually Go First

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Haber and Existir:

Existen muchos mitos alrededor del sida. (There are many myths surrounding AIDS.)

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Inverting Word Order for Emphasis

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Un año más tarde, el 8 de abril de 1973, falleció Picasso. (One year later, on April 18, 1973, Picasso died. The subject often follows forms of fallecer and the synonym morir in journalistic writing.)

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