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Adjetivos interrogativos
Interrogative adjectives are used to ask the questions "what," "which," and "how much/many."
Characteristics of interrogative adjectives
- Used in place of an article, not with one
- Placed directly in front of a noun
- Two of them have singular and plural forms
Qué
Qué means "what?" or "which?" and is used to refer to ideas or things.
Por ejemplo…
| ¿Qué parte no comprendes? | Which part don’t you understand? | |
| ¿Qué coche te gusta? | Which car do you like? | |
| ¿Qué libros quiere? | What books does he want? |
Cuál | Cuáles
Cuál means "what?" or "which?" – it is used when distinguishing between two or more things.
| ¿Cuál parte no comprendes? | Which part don’t you understand? | |
| ¿Cuál coche te gusta? | Which car do you like? | |
| ¿Cuáles libros quiere? | What books does he want? |
Cuánto | Cuántos
Cuánto means "how much?" and its plural cuántos means "how many?"
| ¿Cuánto dinero tienes? | How much money do you have? | |
| ¿Cuántas plumas hay? | How many pens are there? | |
| ¿Cuántos libros necesitamos? | How many books do we need? |
Notes
- Qué and cuánto are also exclamative adjectives.
- Qué and cuál are also interrogative pronouns.
Spanish interrogative adjectives always have accents. Their unaccented counterparts have different functions:
- Lo cual is a relative pronoun.
- Cuanto is an adverb of quantity.
- Que is a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.
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