In this video you'll learn how to ask the most common types of questions in
Spanish. Once you master this basic vocabulary you'll be able to keep a
conversation going with friends and family. Hey everyone Danae here with
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classroom. Coming up our Spanish teacher Katharina is going to teach you how to
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Spanish videos just like this one. -So questions. There are a few different
structures that we can use, just as we have it in any other language. The
first case is these questions that you can just answer with a yes or no. Did you
have a good day today? Yes. Did you did you go running today? No.
So we have two options that we can use. Option one is the verb first then the
subject. And in Spanish a lot of times especially when it comes to speaking,
people don't really say the subject anymore. So say, "do you run?" A
lot of times they just forget the "you" and they just say
"do run?" So that's why, for this one, the subject says "if expressed" in
parenthesis. You don't have to use it because somebody will understand who
you're talking to based on how your verb is formed. And then we have the rest of
the question, or you can also switch it around. The verb is always in the
beginning, always always always. And then comes the
rest of the question, and then the subject. So for example, just to make it
clear, we wanted to say "Does Carmen earn money?" And then either you can say "gana
dinero Carmen?" So we have the verb gana, then dinero is money. The rest of the
question is money, and then Carmen would be the name, and it would be in the back.
Or we can also say gana for "to earn," Carmen (the name), and then the rest of
the question (dinero) in the back. Another example would be, "do Luis and Julia
study a lot?" So a estudian (verb), mucho Luis y Julia.
So mucho is the rest of the question. Mucho means "a lot." Luis and Julia are the
subject. Or estudian (verb), Luis and Julia is the subject, and then mucho is the rest
rest of the question. So we have a regular question mark as we
use it in English at the end but then we also have it at the very
beginning and it's upside down. So remember that for a question or also
with exclamation marks you have the upside down sign in the front and the
regular one in the in the back. If you just can't answer the question with a
yes or no, we have question words. The structure is a
little bit different. Before I told you that it would be the verb in the
beginning but if you want to get a little bit more information you would
use a question word before the verb. So the structure would be again, the signs -
so we have the little question mark here, the little question mark at the end too
to put that together. Then we have the question word and we're going to come to
that in a minute and what these different ones are. Then the verb, then
the subject if expressed. And then the rest of the sentence. So for example
donde estas tu? Donde (where) - question word. Estas is the verb.
Tu is the subject. So donde estas tu, and then the little question marks in the front
in the beginning. And we have donde for where. A donde - to where. Dedonde - from
where. Cuantos is how many. Cuanto is how much, and it comes when you are asking
for a price of something. We have como for how. We have que for what. We have cual
or cuales for which. We have quien for who. Quienes for who, as well, that's the the
plural. De quien is whose. Con quien is with whom. A quien is to whom. Cuando is
when. And porque is why. And I would say, I know this is a lot of theory. I think you
always get over your fear of really practicing a language if you just jump
right in and you try to form a sentence, or a question in this case.
Nicole, how would you say, and that's a little bit easier now because
we just worked on the other one, how would you say "how much does it cost"?
"Cuanto questa?" Exactly yep that's it. Cuanto is how much and cuesta is does it
cost. So "cuánto cuesta" exactly. And maybe do you want to do one more? How would
you say "what is your name" in Spanish? "Como se llama?" Exactly, or you can also
say "Cuales tu nombre?" So there are two versions; either version works and
they're both equally good. Hey guys thanks for watching. We hope you
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