Spanish Questions
Learning the Spanish Questions is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Spanish language. But first we need to know what the role of Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Spanish.
Spanish questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Spanish Questions |
| Questions | Preguntas |
| how? | ¿cómo? |
| what? | ¿qué? |
| who? | quién? |
| why? | ¿por qué? |
| where? | ¿dónde? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Spanish has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Spanish.
List of Questions in Spanish
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Spanish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Spanish vocabulary.
| English Questions | Spanish Questions |
| where is he? | ¿dónde está? |
| what is this? | ¿Qué es esto? |
| why are you sad? | ¿Por qué estás triste? |
| how do you want to pay? | ¿Cómo desea pagar? |
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| can I come? | ¿puedo ir? |
| is he sleeping? | ¿Está durmiendo? |
| do you know me? | ¿me conoces? |
| do you have my book? | ¿tiene mi libro? |
| how big is it? | ¿cuán grande es? |
| can I help you? | te puedo ayudar? |
| can you help me? | ¿me pueden ayudar? |
| do you speak English? | ¿hablas ingles? |
| how far is this? | ¿cuán lejos está? |
| what time is it? | qué hora es? |
| how much is this? | ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? |
| what is your name? | ¿cuál es su nombre? |
| where do you live? | ¿dónde vive? |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Spanish, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Spanish Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Spanish lessons here: Learn Spanish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.