How do I write "como soy?" using proper Spanish mechanics?

Question

I would like to know if I need to put an accent over the "o" in como if I am asking "Como soy?". If you could please help that would be grand .

corrected spelling in title - 0074b507, NOV 4, 2009

Answer 1

Yes, you do: ¿Cómo soy?

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Answer 2

As far as I know, all question words in Spanish have an accent. So seen as your asking it, yes, otherwise it would mean "like". "¿Cómo soy?" Are you meaning to ask "How am I?" or "How are you?" If it's "how are you?" it should be; "¿Cómo está? I think anyway.

What am I like? (Well, I'm tall, blond, intelligent...describe my personality) - 0074b507, NOV 4, 2009

Answer 3

All interrogative (question) words have a written accent to signal that someone is asking a question and not just making a statement.

¿Cómo? How/What?

¿Cuál(es)? Which (ones)?

¿Cuándo? When?

¿Cuánto(s)/a(s)? How much/many?

¿Dónde? Where?

¿Qué? What?

¿Quién? Who/whom?

¿Por qué? Why?

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