English Spanish

Where Donde

Why Por que

Who Quien

What / (time) Que / Cual (a que

hora)
Which Que / Cual

How long Por cuanto tiempo /

para medidas
How often Con que frecuencia

Whose De quien

How many/much Cuantos

How old Edad

How Como

How + adjetivo Descripciones

How come Como asi

Question Word Verb (to be) Subject Complement

What is (your) name? [no complement]
How old are you? [no complement]
Where is Juan from?
Who is (the) present for?

Remember:
In questions with the verb to be, only the question words can go in the
beginning. Nothing may go in front of the question words in full questions.
¿ De donde eres? -> Lo lógico seria : From where are
you? (INCORRECTO)
Recuerden que si algo va en su idioma antes del QW entonces lo
mandamos al final en el complemento.
Correcto: Where are you from? (QW goes first)
Typical questions with the above properties:
What is this for? (¿Para que es esto?)
Who are the books for ? (¿Para quien son los libros?)
What is the movie about? (¿De que se trata la película?)
Preguntas importantes con sus respuestas para aprender:
Where are you from? – I’m from Australia
What‘s (what + is) your address? – It’s 876 Snow Road.
What’s your nationality? – I’m Peruvian.
Whose pencil is this? – It is my pencil (Whose = de quien y va antes del
sustantivo)
How old is Marcus? – He’s twenty years old.
Why are you sad? – Because I am sick.
How are you? – I’m fine, thank you.