Syntaxdifficulty 2
interrogatives
Sentencequé, cuál, cómo, dónde, cuándo, quién, por qué, cuánto — interrogative pronouns/adverbs. Always carry a written accent to distinguish from their relative counterparts (que vs qué, cuando vs cuándo).
Examples
¿Qué quieres?
→ What do you want?
qué (with accent) — interrogative.
El libro que leo.
→ The book that I read.
que (no accent) — relative; same word visually but never accented in this use.
¿Cuál prefieres?
→ Which do you prefer?
cuál asks for a choice from a known set; English `which`.
Words in this rule
| Word | English |
|---|---|
| por qué | why |
| cuál | which |
| cuándo | when |
| cuánto | how much |
| cómo | how |
| dónde | where |
| quién | who? |
| qué | what |
Practice Spanish in context
Write AI sentences that force each case of interrogatives using your Easy vocab — or read articles where we underline the words that trigger each rule.