Question words, negatives and affirmatives - Palabras interrogativas, negativas y afirmativas
7.
Question
Words, Negatives and Affirmatives (English)
In Spanish,
as in English, we use question words to signify the type of information we are
looking for. For example, when we say, “Where is the store?” we want to know
the location or existence of the store. The same applies in Spanish. The
question words ask for specific information to help us find what we want. We
also use negative and positive words to answer some types of questions. “Who is
here?” “Nobody is here.” “Someone is here.” We use different words to
differentiate between two things: “You can choose either bread or salad” or
“You can neither watch TV nor talk to your friends.”
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Spanish |
English |
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¿Dónde? |
Where? |
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¿A dónde? |
To where? |
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¿Para dónde? |
To where? |
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¿De dónde? |
From
where? |
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¿Por qué? |
Why? |
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¿Para qué? |
For what
reason? |
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¿De qué? |
Of what? |
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¿Cuándo? |
When? |
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¿Para cuándo? |
For when? |
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¿Qué? |
What? |
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¿Cómo? |
How? |
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¿Quién? |
Who? |
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¿Quiénes? |
Who? |
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¿A quién? |
To whom? |
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¿Para quién? |
For whom? |
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¿Con quién? |
With
whom? |
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¿De quién? |
From
whom? |
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¿Por quién? |
For whom? |
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¿Cuál? |
Which? |
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¿Cuáles? |
Which
ones? |
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¿Cuánto/a/as/os? |
How many? |
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Algo |
Something |
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Nada |
Nothing |
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Alguien |
Someone |
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Nadie |
Nobody |
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Alguno |
Some |
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Ninguno |
None |
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Siempre |
Always |
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Alguna vez |
Ever |
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A veces |
Sometimes |
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Algún día |
Someday |
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Nunca |
Never |
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O...O |
Either,
or |
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Ni...ni |
Neither,
nor |
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También |
Also, too |
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Tampoco |
Neither |