ASK A QUESTION Present perfect in question

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rooky

¿Adonde ha acudido Obama?

To where has Obama gone today?

A: Obama ha acudido hoy personalmente al Congreso.

Obama has personally gone to Congress today.

Should I use the present perfect in the question?

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mctague

I would use the preterite in the question - ¿Adonde fue Obama hoy?

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Heidita

HI rooky, nice postwink

Your choice is perfect. The use of present perfect and past simple is such a difficult ordeal for students of English, but in Spanish it is mainly regional.

here in Madrid we use present perfect, for finished actions, for not so finished actions...I mean, we always use it.wink

However, in Galicia for example, the past simple is used, to me it sounds rather weird...jeje

So, your sentence sound perfect to mewink

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qfreed

adonde

-Observ. In an interrogative sentence, adonde has a written accent: ¿adónde vas?, where are you going?

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