How do you say.....

Question

Why not? How come? Please help me.

Answer 1

Por qué no - Why not. I do not think there is direct translation for how come. I would say ¿cómo es posible? - how is that possible? Perhaps someone can enlighten us.

Answer 2

Gracias Eddy!

Answer 3

How come is synonymous with why, but if you want to distinguish between the two in Spanish, you can use porqué and cómo es que.

Answer 4

I just noticed that I spelled por qué as porqué. Bad habit of mine.

Answer 5

Not a problem! I'm too new to notice!

Answer 6

¿Por qué no'for the Why not'and ¿Cómo venga'How come?
is it correct? it is just a wild guess for me coz i am no expert in the language but i wanna help. that's all..

Answer 7

Hi David
Como venga would not work in this instance as a verb is not required. "How come" in this instance is an "interrogative exclamation". James is perfectly correct, as another way of saying "how come" is "why".

Answer 8

Por que no... is why not