¿Tienes hermanos?
English: Do you have siblings?
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- A1
- Unit
- Estructura de la oración y preguntas
- Practice types
- 0
What this grammar point covers
In Spanish, 'formas interrogativas y negativas' are the ways to ask questions and make negative statements. They help you get information and say 'no' to something.
When to use it
Use interrogative forms to ask questions and get information. Use negative forms to say something is not true or does not happen.
Key forms
- ¿ + verbo + sujeto + ... ? (interrogative)
- No + verbo + ... (negative)
- ¿Dónde/Qué/Cuándo/Por qué/Quién + verbo + ... ? (question words)
Examples
No hablo francés.
English: I do not speak French.
¿Dónde vives?
English: Where do you live?
No tengo dinero.
English: I don't have money.
¿Qué estudias?
English: What do you study?
Tips
- In Spanish, questions often use inverted question marks (¿) at the beginning.
- Put 'no' before the verb to make a sentence negative.
- Question words like 'qué', 'dónde', 'cuándo' start a question.
Exceptions and edge cases
- Sometimes, double negatives are used in Spanish (e.g., 'No tengo nada').
- The subject can be omitted in questions and negatives.