Santiago Spanish 2 – Day 3 Preguntas Interrogativas* Standard: NNM.IC.5 I can ask some simple questions. What is a question word? A word used to help ask questions. They are mainly used to ask a question or indicate something. What are some examples of question words? Who, What, When, Why, Which, How, How many, How much 1. When you ask to identify a person, in English you use the word Who? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Quién? *This is NUMBER based. If you are asking about more than one person, make the interrogative word PLURAL! ¿Quiénes? 2. When you ask to identify a place or thing, in English you use the word What? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Qué? 3. When you ask to identify the time of an event, in English you use the word When? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Cuándo? 4. When you ask to identify the reason of something happening or the cause to an effect, in English you use the word Why? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Por qué? 5. When you ask to identify a location of a person, place or thing, in English you use the word Where? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Dónde? *There are 3 forms of this word: 1. ¿Dónde? – General sense i.e.: Where is my pencil? Where is Samantha? 2. ¿De dónde? – FROM where? 3. ¿Adónde? – TO where? 6. When you ask to identify the reason by an event happening, in English you use the word How? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Cómo? 7. When there is an option of choices to choice from in English you use the word Which? In Spanish, the word you would use is ¿Cuál? 1 *This is NUMBER based. If there is more than one traditional option, make the interrogative word PLURAL! ¿Cuáles? 8. When you ask to identify the amount of a certain object, there are 2 words in which to express this: a. ¿Cuánto/a? *This usually deals with money. How much a certain object costs. b. ¿Cuántos/as? *This deals with the number of items shown. i.e.: How many pencils are there? Other phrases to know: Hay _______. – There are __________. This will answer the above statement. How many pencils are there? - ¿Cuántos lápices hay? There are 2 pencils. – Hay 2 lápices. 2 Practice #1 Complete the questions with the appropriate question word. Then, answer the questions with complete sentences. 1.________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.________________________________________________________________________________________ 5.________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ________________________________________________________________________________________ *Video resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6YNq6Oz_hw 3 .