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There are three basic ways to as!"estions in #$anish. %an yo" g"ess what they are bylooing at the $hotos and $hoto ca$tions on this $age&

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'ne way to (or) a !"estion is to raise the $itch o( yo"rvoice at the end o( a declarative sentence. *henwriting any !"estion in #$anish, be s"re to "se an"$side down !"estion )ar +¿ at the beginning and a

reg"lar !"estion )ar +? at the end o( the sentence.

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-o" can also (or) a !"estion by inverting theorder o( the s"bect and the verb o( adeclarative state)ent. The s"bect )ay even

be $laced at the end o( the sentence.

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/"estions can also be (or)ed by addingthe tags ¿no? or ¿verdad? at the end o(a state)ent.

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Question words

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To as a !"estion that re!"ires )ore than ayes or no answer, "se an interrogative word.

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*hen $rono"ncing this ty$e o( !"estion,the $itch o( yo"r voice (alls at the end o(the sentence.

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otice the di((erence between ¿por qué?,which is written as two words and has anaccent, and porque, which is written as one

word witho"t an accent.

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In #$anish no can )ean both no and not .There(ore, when answering a yesno !"estionin the negative, yo" need to "se no twice.

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a!e questions out o" t#ese state$ents. %seintonation in &o'u$n 1 and t#e ta( ¿no?  in &o'u$n 2.

)#e "irst ite$ #as *een done "or +ou.

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1. Hablas ingls.

2. Trabaa)os )a3ana.

. 5stedes desean bailar.

4. 6a7l est"dia )"cho.

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