(See page 55.)
BOX 18
Notice that in Spanish
all the “question words”
(interrogatives) have accents.
What? How? How much?
When?
¿Qué? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuánto?
¿Cuándo?
¿
Adónde
?
indicates movement.
(To) where do you go?
¿Adónde va Ud.?
Dónde
refers to the stationary location
of an object.
Where is the book?
¿Dónde está el libro?
(See pages 26, 27, & 62-63.)
(See pages 27 & 63.)
QUESTIONS
BOX 20
(See pages 63.)
QUESTIONS
GREETINGS
In Spanish there are three different
ways of asking,
How are you?
¿Cómo estás (tú)?
¿Cómo está (usted)?
¿Cómo están (ustedes)?
In English there is no difference.
(familiar)
(formal)
(plural)
How are you?
How are you?
How are you?
QUESTIONS – ESTAR
(See page 34.)
Spanish punctuation
is generally the same as English
with two exceptions.
In Spanish the
(!)
and
(?)
are inverted at the beginning
of the sentence. In English they
are not.
Do you speak English? -- ¿Habla inglés?
Of course! --¡Por supuesto!
QUESTIONS
BOX 22
CONTRACTIONS
The words
de el
mean
of the
or
from the
. When used together
they are combined to form the word
del (de + el = del).
The words,
a el
mean
to the
.
When used together they are
combined to form the word,
al
(
a + el = al).
Al
and
del
are the
only two contractions that exist
in Spanish.
I am from the North.
Yo soy del norte.
I went to the park.
Yo fui al parque.
It is the beginning of the trip.
Es el principio del viaje.
DEL AL
BOX 19
BOX 21
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