trabajas manana?

Question

In asking someone informally "do you work tomorrow", would you say " ¿trabajas mañana". If so, which word do you stress to make it a question? Is it the verb or the last word you say?

Answer 1

The melody of the question would be like this:

¿Trabajas mañana? (raising intonation)

great! - 00494d19, Nov 14, 2009

The only aspect of language I have no problems with is the pronunciation, jeje ;) - Issabela, Nov 15, 2009

Answer 2

In English you can use stress to alter a meaning. This sentence can mean 4 different things:

Do you have to work tomorrow?

Do you have to work tomorrow?

Do you have to work tomorrow?

Do you have to work tomorrow?

Answer 3

No,no trabajo estoy jubilado pero a véces mi media naranja le encuentra tareas que tengo que hacer.

Solo a veces?? Tienes mucha suerte jejeje. - Valerie, Nov 14, 2009

How do they get penpal out of an orange?lol I'll never understand this language! - Yeser007, Nov 14, 2009

Yes I see your point but where have you got pen pal from? It literally translates to orange stocking as in the colour ra ther than the fruit and means your other half in marriege or co habitation etc.don't know how it originated. - kenwilliams, Nov 16, 2009

Answer 4

Ken dijo:

No,no trabajo estoy jubilado pero a véces mi media naranja le encuentra tareas que tengo que hacer.

Necesita explicar a su media naranja que golfe y pescando es más mejor por su salud de que tareas. ¡Trabaja cada vez!

I am not into golf although I did once get a hole in one on a mini golf course I think it was a fluke, I have done a lot of sea fishing in my time. - kenwilliams, Nov 15, 2009

Answer 5

Robertico, Are you sure there is no tone? What if you don't want to go to work?!!

Answer 6

Either word can be stressed (depending on the meaning emphasis). If you stress "trabajas" the meaning relates to what you will be doing tomorrow (working/resting/etc.) and if you stress "mañana", you know/assume that the person works but you're asking if he will be working tomorrow, specifically.

Recognizing/framing a question depends not on the word stressed but, rather, on the intonation (typically a rising pitch at the end of the question).

Answer 7

No. No trabajo mañana. Estoy jubilado tambien. je je

Answer 8

I think using inflection on the last two sylables of each word makes it understood as a question. Otherwise, if it were monotone I would take it as "You work tomorrow!"

Answer 9

There's no stress sound here. The tone is the same as in English.