WELCOME... IT'S GRAMMAR TIME!!! QUESTION WORDS, PART 1!!!

Hello everybody, welcome to this new entry of Montcada in English!!! First of all I’d like to apologize for my momentary absence over the last days but here I am. In this opportunity we will talk about Question words, a subject that will be divided in three parts. Here we go with part 1.

We use question words to ask certain types of questions and when we want more information about a specific subject. When we use question words to ask something, we create WH Questions. Contrary to polar questions, the answers we have to give to wh questions is more than a simple yes or no. We often refer to them as wh words because they include the letters w and h.

The first question word to which we will refer is What. We use it when we want to ask for information about something or someone. In Spanish it can be translated as Qué, Cómo and Cuál (depending of the situation).

For example:

What is your name? -------------------------- Cuál es tu nombre? / Cómo te llamas?

What time is it? -------------------------------- Qué hora es?

What is your favorite color? ---------------- Cuál es tu color favorite?

We also use what to ask for repetition or confirmation

For example:

What? I can't hear you ---------------------- Qué? No te oigo

The second question word is When, which is used to ask about time. In Spanish when means Cuándo.

For example:

When is your birthday? --------------------- Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?

When do you go? ---------------------------- Cuando marchas?

When is the soccer game? ---------------- Cuándo es el partido de fútbol?

Where is used to ask about positions or places. Dónde is the Spanish word for where.

For example:

Where do they live? ----------------------- Dónde viven ellos?

Where are you? ---------------------------- Dónde estás?

Where is your house? -------------------- Dónde está tu casa?

Our last question word for today, Which, is used to ask about choices. The translation in Spanish for which is Cuál. Unlike what that is used as cuál to ask about preferences, which is used when we have different options. Even when the choices are not mentioned, it is implicit in the sentence that we are asked about more than one thing

For example:

Which color do you prefer? ------------- Cuál color prefieres?

Well people, as far as I concerned I’m done!!! I hope this information will be useful for you!!!

C Ya!