18
Interrogative Words (Las palabras interrogativas) Words that ask a question

Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

PPT

Citation preview

Page 1: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Interrogative Words(Las palabras interrogativas)

Words that ask a question

Page 2: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Interrogative WordsInterrogative words are vital to any language. They help us to obtain different kinds of information.

¿Cuál(es)? = Which one(s)?¿Cuál es el título de la novela?¿Cuáles son tus novelas favoritas?

All question words bear a written accent over the stressed vowel.

¿Cómo? = How? (sometimes what?)¿Cómo estás?¿Cómo es tu compañero de cuarto?

¿Cuándo? = When?¿Cuándo es la clase de historia?

Page 3: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Interrogative WordsInterrogative words are vital to any language. They help us to obtain different kinds of information:

All question words bear a written accent over the stressed vowel.

¿Dónde? = Where?¿Dónde está mi pluma?

¿Cuánto/a(s)? = How much (many)?¿Cuántos libros necesitamos?

¿De dónde? = From where?¿De dónde eres?

¿Adónde? = To where?¿Adónde vas?

Page 4: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Interrogative WordsInterrogative words are vital to any language. They help us to obtain different kinds of information:

¿Por qué? = Why?¿Por qué estás tan triste?

All question words bear a written accent over the stressed vowel.

¿Qué? = What?¿Qué aprendes en la clase de español?¿Quién(es)? = Who (all)?¿Quién tiene el libro?

¿De quién(es)? = Whose?¿De quién es la mochila negra?

Page 5: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Question marks(Signos de interrogación)

An inverted question mark (¿) is always placed at the beginning of a question word or phrase, and another right-side-up question mark at the end.

While in English, word order or the helper verb do normally indicate a question, in Spanish, word order for questions and statements can be identical, and Spanish has no equivalent to the helper verb do. Thus the inverted question mark alerts the reader that a question follows.

¿Cómo?

Pardon? How’s that again?

¿Cómo es tu profesor?

What is your professor like?

Juan speaks English.Juan habla inglés.

Does Juan speak English?¿Juan habla inglés?

Page 6: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

Expansión¿Qué? vs. ¿Cuál?

What? Which? Which one(s)?

Page 7: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué? = What?

¿Qué es la química?

Es el estudio de la composición elemental de la materia.

What is chemistry?

(It’s the study of the elemental composition of matter.)

«¿Qué?» asks for a definition, identification or classification.

Page 8: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué? = What?

¿Qué es esto?

Es un teléfono celular.

What is this?

(It’s a cell phone.)

«¿Qué?» asks for a definition, identification or classification.

Page 9: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué? = What?

¿Qué tienes en la mano?

Es el software para tu

computadora.

What do you have in your hand?

It’s the software for

your computer.

Page 10: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué? = What?¿Qué? asks for a classification such as nationality, political affiliation or religion, etc.

¿Qué son tus padres, católicos o protestantes?

¿Qué es él, hondureño o peruano?What is he, Honduran or Peruvian?

What are your parents, catholic or protestant?

Page 11: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Cuál? = Which (one)?

¿Cuál es la flor más bonita?Which is the prettiest flower (of all)?

«¿Cuál?» asks for a selection from among several things.

Cuando se trata de los deportes, ¿cuál prefieres, el fútbol o el básquetbol?When it comes to sports, which (one) do you prefer, soccer or basketball?

Page 12: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

“What is your name?”

¿Cuál? = Which (what)?¿Cuál? is sometimes translated into English as what, but logically it still means which.

¿Cómo se diceFor example:

¿Cuál es tu nombre?

“Which is your name?”

Of all possible names, which one is yours?

(Remember: ¿Qué? asks for a definition.)

In Spanish we say . . .

¿Qué es tu nombre? would mean “What is the definition of your name?”

Page 13: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué?, ¿Cuál(es)?¿Qué? is always invariable. —¿Qué película vas a ver?

— ¿Qué películas te gustan más?

¿Cuál? has a plural form. —¿Cuál de los muchachos es tu

hermano?

— ¿Cuáles de los muchachos son chilenos?

Which movie are you going to see?

Which movies do you like the best?

Which of the boys is your brother?

Which of the boys are Chilean?

Page 14: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Cuál? = Which?¿Cuál? asks for a selection, as mentioned.

—¿Cuál es la mejor computadora?Which (of all the computers) is the

best?

Page 15: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Qué? = Which? before a nounBut immediately before a noun, ¿qué? is used in all cases.

¿Qué modelo

prefieres tú, Faido?

Page 16: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

¿Cuál? before a nounNevertheless, even though some consider it grammatically questionable, some native speakers tend to use ¿cuál? in these cases and, in informal circumstances, even the most scholarly may use it.

—¿Cuál chaqueta trajiste, la roja o la negra?

Which jacket did you bring, the red one or the black one?

(¿Qué chaqueta . . . ?)

Page 17: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

The foregoing is especially common when dealing with an exclamation of surprise or incredulity, etc.

—¡Oye! Dame el dinero que me debes, ¿eh?

—¡¡¿Cuál dinero?!! ¡Yo no te debo ningún dinero!

(—¡¡¿Qué dinero . . . ?!!)

Hey! Give me the money you owe me, OK?

What money?!! I don’t owe you any money!

¿Cuál? before a noun

Page 18: Spanish Question Words Powerpoint Presentation Palabras Interrogativas

FIN