What, Who, Which, How, Where, Why, When in Spanish

What, Who, Which, How, Where, Why, When in Spanish

What, Who, Which, How, Where, Why, When in Spanish

What, Who, Which, How, Where, Why, When in Spanish

What – Qué

Q: What time is it? /¿Qué hora es?

A: It is 2pm / Son las 2 de la tarde

 

Q: What is that ?/ ¿Qué es eso?

A: That is a cat / Eso es un gato

 

Q: What is meant by that? /¿Qué significa eso?

A: It’s means nothing / Eso significa nada

 

Q: What do you mean by it? /¿Qué quieres decir con eso?

A: I mean that you need to be better/ Yo quiero decir que tú necesitas ser mejor

 

Q: What? What? What? What did you say?/ ¿Qué ? Qué ? ¿Qué? ¿Qué dijiste?

A: I say that you need to be quite/ Yo digo que tú necesitas hacer silencio

 

Q: What are you doing? / ¿Qué estás haciendo?

A: I am cooking / Yo estoy cocinando

 

Q: What! Are you crazy? / ¡Qué! ¿Estás loco?

A: I’m not crazy/ Yo no estoy loco

 

Q: What makes you laugh? / ¿Qué te hace reír ?

A: He makes me laugh / Él me hace reír

 

Q: What are you up to for today?/ ¿Qué haces para hoy?

A: I am going to work / Yo voy a trabajar

 

Q: What’s up?/ ¿Qué pasa?

A: Nothing / Nada

 

Q: What are you trying to do? /¿Qué estás tratando de hacer ?

A: I am trying to relax / Yo estoy tratando de relajar

 

Q: What are you looking at? / ¿Qué estás mirando ?

A: I am looking at you / Yo estoy mirándote

 

Afirmations:

What a waste / Qué desperdicio

What a beautiful picture! /¡Qué hermosa foto!

What an incredible place!/ ¡Qué lugar tan increíble!

 

Exceptions:

Q: What is your name and country? / ¿Cuál es tu nombre y país?

A: My name is Jenny. I am from Cuba/ Mi nombre es Yeny. Yo soy de Cuba

Who – Quién

Q: Who is he? /¿Quién es él?

A: He is my brother / Él es mi hermano

Q:Who knows?/ ¿Quién sabe?

A: I know / Yo sé

Q: Who is she?/ ¿Quién es ella?

A: She is my friend / Ella es mi amiga

Q:Who are you?/ ¿Quién eres tú?

A: I am an engineer / Yo soy un ingeniero

Q:Who is next?/ ¿Quién es el siguiente?

A: Mary is next / María es la próxima

Q:Who built it? /¿Quién loconstruyó?

A: My father built this / Mi padre construyó esto

Q:Who broke this? /¿Quién rompió esto?

A: My son / Mi hijo

Q:Who is that boy?/ ¿Quién es ese chico?

A: That boy is my nephew / Ese chico es mi sobrino

Q:Who is that man?/ ¿Quién es ese hombre?

A: That man is my husband / Ese hombre es mi esposo

Q:Who’s that girl? / ¿Quién es esa chica?

A: That girl is my girlfriend/ Esa chica es mi novia

Q:Who did you meet? /¿Con quién te encontraste?

A: With the supervisor/ Con el supervisor

Q:Who broke the vase? /¿Quién rompió el jarrón?

A: You / Tú

Q:Who stole the apple? /¿Quién se robó la manzana?

A: Me/ Yo 

Which – Cuál, Cuáles

Q: Which one is mine? /¿Cuál es el mío?

A: This is yours/ Este es tuyo

 

Q: Which side won? /¿Cuál lado ganó?

A: The red side won/  El lado rojo ganó

 

Q: Which one is better? / ¿Cuál es mejor?

A: Sprite is better / Sprite es mejor

 

Q: Which leg hurts? / ¿Cuál pierna duele?

A: My left leg/ Mi pierna izquierda

 

Q: Which one is our car?/ ¿Cuál es nuestro coche?

A: The black one is ours/ El negro es nuestro

 

Q: Which one was it?/ ¿Cuál era?

A: It was the shoes/ Fueron los zapatos

 

Q: Which one do you want?/ ¿Cuál quieres?

A: I want the one that is strawberry/  Yo quiero el qué es de fresa

 

Q: Which one is your bag?/ ¿Cuál es tu bolsa?

A: The square one / La cuadrada

 

How – Cómo

Q: How are you? / ¿Cómo estás tú?

A: I am fine, thank you / Yo estoy bien, gracias

 

Q:How is it? / ¿Cómo es?

A: It is very easy / Es muy fácil

 

Q:How’s work?/ ¿Cómo está el trabajo?

A: Is very good / Está muy bueno

 

Q:How do I look?/ ¿Cómo meveo?

A: You look really nice /  Te ves muy bien

 

Q:How was lunch?/ ¿Cómo fue el almuerzo?

A: The chicken was really delicious/ El pollo estaba realmente delicioso

 

Q:How’s the dog?/ ¿Cómo está el perro?

A: My dog is getting better / Mi perro está mucho mejor

 

Q:How can I help?/ ¿Cómo puedo ayudar?

A: Please tell him to call me back/ Por favor dígale que me llame para atrás

 

Exceptions:

How old are you? / ¿Qué edad tienes tú?. ¿Cuántos años tienes tú?

How bad it was? / ¿Qué tan malo es?

 

How Many/How Much – Cuánto/Cuántos/Cuánta/Cuántas

 (Countable Nouns: book, cat, dog, tree, table, chair…)

Q: How many do you want?/ ¿Cuántos quieres?

A: I want three / Yo quiero tres

 

Q: How many books?/ ¿Cuántos libros?

A:There are five books / Hay cinco libros

 

Q: How many more are there?/ ¿Cuántos más hay?

A: There is one more / Hay uno más

 

Q: How many pants?/ ¿Cuántos pantalones?

A: I have ten pants/ Yo tengo diez pantalones

 

Q: How many dogs?/ ¿Cuántos perros?

A: She has two dogs/ Ella tiene dos perros

 

Q: How many cats?/ ¿Cuántos gatos?

A: He has seven cats / Él tiene siete gatos

 

Q: How many teams are there?/ ¿Cuántos equipos hay?

A:There are two teams/ Hay dos equipos

 

Q: How many cd’s do you have?/ ¿Cuántos cd’s tienes?

A: I have fixty cd’s/ Yo tengo cincuenta cd’s

 —–

 (Uncountable nouns: sugar, money, bread, milk, water, salt, time …)

Q: How much is it? / ¿Cuánto cuesta?

A: It costs three dollars/ Cuesta tres dólares

 

Q: How much is that?/ ¿ Cuánto cuesta eso?

A: That costs five dollars/ Eso cuesta cinco dólares

 

Q: How much is the rent per month?/ ¿ Cuánto cuesta la renta en el mes?

A: The rent costs four hundred dollars per month / La renta cuesta cuatro cientos dólares por mes

 

Q: How much more work do you have?/ ¿ Cuánto trabajo tienes?

A: Not much / No mucho

 

Q: How much is a beer?/ ¿ Cuánto cuesta una cerveza?

A: A beer costs two dollars/ Una cerveza cuesta dos dólares

 

How often (refers to frequency)

How often do you visit your grandmother?/ ¿Con qué frecuencia visitas a tu abuela? How often does she study?/ ¿Con qué frecuencia estudia? How often are you sick?/  ¿Con qué frecuencia estás enfermo?

 

How far (refers to distance)

How far is the university from your house?/ ¿Qué tan lejos está la universidad de su casa? How far is the bus stop from here?/  ¿A qué distancia está la parada de autobús desde aquí?

 

Where – Dónde

Q: Where am I?/¿Dónde estoy?

A: I am here/ Yo estoy aquí

 

Q: Where is it?/¿Dónde está?

A:It is there/ Está allá

 

Q: Where was I?/¿Dónde estaba?

A: I was with her/ Yo estaba con ella

 

Q: Where’s the beach?/ ¿Dónde está la playa?

A: The beach is near/ La playa está cerca

 

Q: Where are you?/¿Dónde estás?

A: I am at work/ Yo estoy en el trabajo

 

Q: Where is that?/¿Dónde está eso?

A: That is next to the bank/ Eso está al lado del banco

 

Q: Where were we?/¿Dónde estábamos?

A: We were at the park/ Nosotros estábamos en el parque

 

Q: Where are they?/¿Dónde están?

A: They are at the movie/ Ellos están en el cine

 

Q: Where is Paris?/ ¿Dónde está París?

A: Paris is in France/ París está en Francia

 

Why – Por qué

Q: Why do you ask? / ¿Por qué preguntas?

A: Because I want to know / Porque yo quiero saber

 

Q: Why do you lie? /¿Por qué mientes?

A: I’m not lying/ Yo no estoy mintiendo

 

Q: Why did you quit?/¿Por qué renunciastes?

A: Because I don’t like that job/ Porque no me gusta ese trabajo

 

Q: Why are you crying?/¿Por qué estás llorando?

A: Because that makes me sad/ Porqué eso me pone triste

 

Q: Why did he run away?/¿Por qué huyó?

A: Because he was afraid/ Porque tuvo miedo

 

Q: Why did she do that?/ ¿Por qué ella hizo eso?

A: Because she wanted / Porque ella quizo

 

Q: Why did this happen?/¿Por qué pasó esto?

A: I don’t know/ Yo no sé

 

When – Cuándo

Q: When do we go?/ ¿Cuándo nos vamos?

A: Now/ Ahora

 

Q: When was that?/ ¿Cuándo fue eso?

A: Couple minutes ago/ Hace unos minutos

 

Q: When’s dinner?/ ¿Cuándo es la cena?

A: At 8pm / A las 8 en punto de la noche

 

Q: When’s it over?/ ¿Cuándo se acaba?

A: In a few hours/ En unas pocas horas

 

Q: When can we eat?/¿Cuándo podemos comer?

A: At 7:30pm/ A las 7 y media de la noche

 

Q: When do you run?/ ¿Cuándo corres?

A: Later / Después

 

Q: When will we go?/ ¿Cuándo vamos a ir?

A: Tomorrow/ Mañana

 

Q: When do we begin?/ ¿Cuándo empezamos?

A: Next Tuesday/Próximo Martes

 

Q: When do you work?/¿Cuándo trabajas?

A: All week/Toda la semana

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