6.5 Forming questions in Spanish

Forming Questions in Spanish

To write a question in Spanish, you must use an upside-down question mark “¿” to open and close the question with a regular question mark “?”.

There are three ways to ask a question:

Using interrogative words (see list below)
- interrogative + verb + subject
  1. ¿Qué estudia Juan?
  2. ¿Dónde vives?

Inversion: changing the word order
- verb + subject
  1. ¿Vives en Colombia?
  2. ¿Corre Juan por el parque?

Please note: all interrogative words take an accent.

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