I am a girl - I am a boy
What is the question for the answers "I am a girl" or "I am a boy"?
What are you like?
Thank you.
11 Answers
Pregunta: What are you like? (This asks for comparisons between me and someone else or something else)
Algunas Respuestas Posibles:
- I am like a cool breeze on a hot summer's day. (I am refreshing)
- I am like a pebble in your shoe. (I am irritating)
- I am like Sean Connery and Kermit the Frog all rolled into one (either I am very handsome with a funny voice, or I have a great voice and am not too good looking)
Pregunta: What are you? (Usually we would take this as an inquiry into our occupation, but it can ask for other qualities, too...but usually NOT gender...but in some contexts it would imply asking for gender. For instance, if you said, "Johnny is a boy. What are you, Mary?", then I would know that you were inquiring into gender.)
Algunas Respuestas Posibles:
- I am an engineer.
- I am a pilot.
- I am a martian.
- I am a teacher.
- I am a human.
- I am a Christian.
- I am a boy / girl / man / woman.
Pregunta: Are you a boy or a girl? (if asking a child) Are you a man or woman? (If asking an adult).
Todas Respuestas Posibles:
- I am a man
- I am a woman
- I am a girl
- I am a boy
I am a girl / boy is a valid answer to both "What are you?" and "Are you a boy or a girl?" However, "What are you?" all by itself would not usually imply that you were inquiring as to another's gender. There are two reasons for this: (1) the question is very ambiguous and the desired answer depends on context and (2) in most social situations it is incredibly insulting to inquire as to another's gender as that would imply their gender is not obvious. (I assume "¿Usted es un hombre o una mujer? would be insulting in Spanish, too).
However, in the setting of a classroom exercise among seven-year-olds the question probably would not be regarded as insulting (as long as every child is asked this question...if only one child is asked this in front of other children, then that child may well be mocked by the other children). Also, the ambiguity can easily be removed. For example, if you were to begin the exercise (if it is oral) by saying "Yo preguntará a todo de ustedes "What are you?" y quiero que todo me responda o "I am a boy," si es niño o "I am a girl" si es niña," (please forgive my Spanish errors) then it would be okay because you have removed the ambiguity from the question.
So, for the purposes of a school exercise, "What are you?" would be fine so long as you definitely remove the ambiguity from the question. But, if you cannot do so, then "Are you a boy or a girl?" would be better.
What about this?
What are you?
I am a girl
I am a boy
The question is addressed to a seven year old girl who is learning English. And I want her to answer me: I am a girl.
I need a basic vocabulary.
Which one are you? A boy or a girl?
"What are you" is not specific enough. That question could be answered in many ways. In this case, since you are speaking to a young girl, I think Gekkosan is correct.
"Are you a boy or a girl?" would be most appropriate.
Just ask her " Are you a boy?"
Her obvious answer will be "No, I am a girl" or should be.
That way you know she understands the question and the verb to be and the word for girl and "I"
What is your gender? = more direct. The individual knows what information you are looking for.
What are you like? = garners general details about the individual that may or may not lead to an answer of gender.
Tell me about yourself. = garners details the individual in question thinks are important for you to know about themselves.
This is funny. This is the sort of question that only really makes sense on this age of virtual meetings and widespread chat services. In a face-to-face situation it would be rude to ask someone whether they are a boy or a girl!
To me, the most natural way to phrase this question would be: "Are you a boy or a girl?"
a/s/l?
Significa "age/sex/location" = "edad/género/donde vives?"
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Eres un chico? Eres una chica?
Cuál es su sexo? or possibly Qué es su sexo?
