INTERROGATIVAS Y
ACENTOS
QUESTIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF
EVERYDAY CONVERSATION
When is class?
What are you doing?
INTERROGATIVAS – AKA QUESTION WORDS
• ¿Adónde? = to where?
• ¿Dónde? = where?
• ¿Cómo? = how?
• ¿Por qué? = why?
• ¿Cuál(es)? = which (ones)?
• ¿Qué? = what?
• ¿Cuándo? = when?
• ¿Quién(es)? = who?
• ¿Cuánto(s)? = how many?
MANY WORDS YOU WILL USE OFTEN. HOW
WILL YOU REMEMBER THEM?
What better way to remember some of the main
question words than with a catchy song?
WATCH!
https://www.powtoon.com/show/dqXiKGRa1wk/the-questionsong-spanish/.
LEARN THAT SONG AND YOU WILL NEVER
FORGET WHICH QUESTION WORD IS WHICH
AGAIN!
¿Cómo?
And don’t forget! All of the question words have accents!
SPEAKING OF ACCENTS…
How do you know where the accent, or emphasis, of a word is?
Simple!
Follow these two rules!
ACCENT RULE NUMBER 1
If the word ends in a vowel, n, or s,
the emphasis is on the second to last syllable of the word
Clase
Zapatos
Computadora
ACCENT RULE NUMBER 2
If the word ends in any consonant other than n or s,
the emphasis is on the last syllable of the word
Ciudad
Reloj
Catedral
WHAT IF A WORD DOESN’T FOLLOW
EITHER RULE?
Written accents!
A written accent (´) is placed over the vowel where the emphasis is
placed.
Habitación
Simpático
Lápiz
ANOTHER THING ABOUT WRITTEN
ACCENTS
Written accents can also denote different words that are spelled the
same, but are two entirely different words.
Qué = What
Sí = Yes
Él = He
Que = that
Si = If
El = The
¡ESO ES TODO!
¡GRACIAS!