Qué es vs Cuál es
Hi Everyone! I've just started learning about qué vs cuál and I already have some questions. According to every website I've encountered (including this one) you use qué es for definitions and cuál es for everything else. Yet my spanish textbook says that qué es is also used for nationalities and occupations:
- ¿Qué es Ud., chileno o español?
- ¿Qué es Luisa, instructora de tenis o entrenadora de fútbol?
Is this right? I guess you can kind of consider these definitions, if the nationality/occupation defines you, but I think its a stretch.
Also, why is Qué used in the following sentence? I don't see why cuál would be used instead but I don't know why qué is used in the first place:
- ¿Qué está al este de Venezuela?
Thanks!!!
2 Answers
Qué is used like what and cuál is used like which, more or less. One of the things ser is used for is definitions and your last question uses estar because it is asking about a location.
This might help you out: G A M E Qué vs Cuál
Also keep in mind that we have some great resources that are available at the tip of your cursor. Explore all of our tabs for a translation engine and dictionary, a phrasebook and much more! We also have a great library of all of the threads that have been opened answering many of your questions. The link I provided is one such thread.
