Asking Questions in Spanish

Asking Questions in Spanish

Ways to ask questions in Spanish

• to raise your voice at the end of the sentence

• Add "¿no?" or "¿verdad?" at the end of a statement to ask for confirmation

• Put the verb BEFORE the subject (¿Está María...?)

When using interrogatives (question words), you MUST put the verb BEFORE the subject

• Correct example: ¿Cuándo va María a la fiesta? (When is María going to the party?)

• Incorrect example, ¿Cuándo María va a la fiesta?

• Correct example: ¿Por qué no va Ana a la escuela? (Why is Ana not going to school?)

• Incorrect example: ¿Por qué Ana no va a la escuela?

Changing statements to questions (1)

• Put the verb BEFORE the subject

• Example: Tomás come carne. (Tomás eats meat) -> ¿Come Tomás carne?

Changing statements to questions (2)

• Add question marks

• Example: Tomás come carne. -> ¿Tomás come carne?