LanguageGuide: Spanish Grammar: Questions II

Questions

When asking a queston, you can simply replace a noun or phrase with the interogative pronoun and use rising intonation. This is rather informal.

Où?		Where?
	Francine cache l'argent où?		Where does Francine hide the money?

The interegative pronoun can also be moved to the beginning of the sentence. The subject and verb then flip locations. Whenever a subject....

Where is Pierre?

The subject and verb need not be interexchanged if est-ce que follows the interrogative pronoun

Where does the king live?

Comment?		How?
	Comment est Bordeaux?		How is Bordeaux?
	Comment vous faites?		How do you do it?
	Comment vous vous appelez?		What's your name? (How do you call yourself?)

Pourquoi?		Why?
	Pourquoi est -ce que tu vas à Toulouse?		Why are you going to Toulouse?
	Pourquoi sommes-nous ici?		Why are we here?
	Pourquoi m'en voulez vous?*		Why do you have something against me?
	*Il m'en veut.		He is upset with me.