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There are three basic ways to ask There are three basic ways to ask questions in Spanish. Can you guess what they questions in Spanish. Can you guess what they are by looking at the photos and photo captions are by looking at the photos and photo captions on this page? on this page?

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One way to form a question is to raise the One way to form a question is to raise the pitch of your voice at the end of a declarative pitch of your voice at the end of a declarative sentence. When writing any question in sentence. When writing any question in Spanish, be sure to use an upside down Spanish, be sure to use an upside down question mark (question mark (¿¿) at the beginning and a ) at the beginning and a regular question mark (regular question mark (??) at the end of the ) at the end of the sentence. sentence.

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You can also form a question by inverting You can also form a question by inverting the order of the subject and the verb of a the order of the subject and the verb of a declarative statement. The subject may declarative statement. The subject may even be placed at the end of the sentence. even be placed at the end of the sentence.

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Questions can also be formed by adding Questions can also be formed by adding the tags the tags ¿no?¿no? or or ¿verdad?¿verdad? at the end of at the end of a statement. a statement.

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Question words Question words

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To ask a question that requires more than To ask a question that requires more than a a yes yes or or no no answer, use an interrogative answer, use an interrogative word. word.

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When pronouncing this type of question, When pronouncing this type of question, the pitch of your voice falls at the end of the pitch of your voice falls at the end of the sentence. the sentence.

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Notice the difference between Notice the difference between ¿por qué?¿por qué?, , which is written as two words and has an which is written as two words and has an accent, and accent, and porqueporque, which is written as , which is written as one word without an accent. one word without an accent.

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In Spanish In Spanish no no can mean both can mean both no no and and notnot. . Therefore, when answering a yes/no Therefore, when answering a yes/no question in the negative, you need to use question in the negative, you need to use no no twice. twice.