La Palabra del Día : quien

Question

quien (pronoun) who, whom

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Do not use subject pronouns in Spanish.

Fue ella quien creó Chanel.

It was she who created Chanel.

Please correct my English and Spanish - Vaanz, Mar 30, 2011

quien - sanlee, Mar 30, 2011

She was an evil woman! The company owes it's sucess to the second world war and she owed her sucess to the fact she could take the company over from her Jewish co-owners when they lost their rights in the nazi regime. - rabbitwho, Mar 30, 2011

perfecto, vaanz - 00494d19, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 1

¿Quién es el más inteligente ahora? ¡Obviamente, no quien tuvo la idea!

( Who is the smarter now? Obviously not the one with the idea! )

..las correcciones se llevarán a cabo ¡como se indique!

What a picture! :) Hehe! Perfect sentence, Sakis. Also: no quien tuvo la idea. :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

jeje .. my first attempt went that way. Thank you cogu! - sv2qp, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 2

¿Qúe será a mí si me pierdo? ¿Quién me encontrará?

What will become of me if I become lost? Who can find me?

The normative form is "¿Qúe será de mí si me pierdo? ¿Quién me podrá encontrar?". - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks Tom. Before I change it, I want to make sure of something. Isn't pierdo present tense? I want to stay with the future. - dc-alien-z, Mar 30, 2011

HI! Ok, let's imagine this is English: "What will become of me If I become lost?" Would you say the grammatically problematic "What will become of me if I will become lost?" just to stay with the future? - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Also, "será perdido" is a phrase verb in the third person indicative, the right alternative here would be to use the future subjunctive tense "¿Qúe será de mí si me perdiere?".... - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

By the way, future subjunctive tense in Spanish is all but obsolete. Nowadays, it's ok to use the imperfect subjunctive for that: "¿Qúe será de mí si me perdiera? ¿Quién me podrá encontrar?" - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

God, I hope I didn't confuse you further ... :-) - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks so much for all the extra help, Tom. I think I am in over my head. I appreciate your patience. I hope I have it right now. - dc-alien-z, Mar 30, 2011

I am sorry if I made it seem more complex...please feel free to ask me anything if you ever need to, regrding Spanish. If I can help, I will. - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks again for offering your help, Tom. - dc-alien-z, Mar 30, 2011

No, man...thank you. I appreciate your enthusiasm and hard-work and interest regarding Spanish. Blessings! - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 3

¡A veces, tienes que ser tú misma quien decide!

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Sometimes, you are the one who has to decide!

quien decide, good one rolest - 00494d19, Mar 30, 2011

Gracias Heidita. - Rolest, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 4

¿A quién amo? ¡A ti!

Who do I love? You!

Te amo demasiado . :) - EL_MAG0, Mar 30, 2011

Perfect, theresa :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks :D - theresa5, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 5

Un amigo es alguien con quien usted puede pensar en voz alta.

A friend is someone with whom you can think aloud. Ralph Waldo Emerson

es alguien con ...bonito también - 00494d19, Mar 30, 2011

Thank you, Heidita. - Maria-Russell, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 6

Tantas personas le ayudaron que él no supo a quien dar las gracias.

So many people helped him that he didn't know who to thank.

Lo correcto es "Tantas personas le ayudaron..."'personas' es plural) - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

¡Gracias, Tom! - sanlee, Mar 30, 2011

De nada, salee. But I just realized something else: You need to switch up "quien" and "a"; It's "...a quien dar las gracias", not "quien a dar las gracias". Saludos. - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

...whom to thank - 0074b507, Mar 30, 2011

Yes, I get it. Thanks, guys! - sanlee, Mar 30, 2011

Welcome to the forum, Tom! - sanlee, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 7

¿quién dijo que mi pregunta estaba mal? ¡Pienso que es la mejor!

Who said my question was poor? I think it is the best!

id appreciate help from the experts here lol! not sure whether i should be mixing ser and estar! - billygoat, Mar 30, 2011

Just a missed tilde : ¿Quién dijo ... ?The rest is perfect. Well done! :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

thank you cogumela. i was tempted to put 'era mal' but decided on 'estaba' - billygoat, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 8

Who are you? The new number two, who was number one.

¿Quién eres? El nuevo número dos, que fue número uno .

Thanks for all corrections being made.

Excellent, amor y paz :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

I am not a number! I am a free man! - Jraider, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 9

Who do you think you are?

¿Quién te crees que eres?

Perfect, laya!! :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 10

¿A quién amas? A todo el mundo!

¿Quién te ama? Nadie me ama.

Who do you love? - Everyone!

Who loves you? - Nobody loves me.

I know it's not a pronoun here but I wanted to find out how to make subject and object questions in Spanish since I know they're confusing for people learning English. - rabbitwho, Mar 30, 2011

Correction: ¿A quién amas? ¡A todo el mundo! - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks! That's great. Spanish has a very logical way of doing this, I just wish I could remmeber it! - rabbitwho, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 11

Pregunta : ¿Quién sabe cantar el Himno Nacional de Filipinas en español?

Respuesta : Estos niños saben cantarlo

Question : Who knows how to sing the National Anthem of the Philippines in spanish?

Answer : These children know how to sing it

Perfect, Dennis! :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

lo aprendí de memoria cuando era estudiante, pero ahora no recuerdo completamente las letras.. - Deanski, Mar 30, 2011

La letra. :-) (meaning "the lyrics" of a song, not letters, of course) - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Gracias Tom, es un error muy fundamental.:( - Deanski, Apr 2, 2011

Answer 12

¿A quién le toca?

Who's turn is it?

Perfect! Joe :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

"Whose", not "who's". Aparte de eso, excelente trabajo, Joe. - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 13

¿Quién es más macho? ¿Rocky o Rambo? ¡Yo! Who is more macho? Rocky or Rambo? YO!

¿Quién es más (tilde) macho, Rambo o (not capitalized) Rocky? ¡Yo! Well done, Jraider! :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

Thanks cogumela!J. - Jraider, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 14

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Quien es lento en enojado tiene entendimiento grande, pero quien tiene un temperamento abrupto despliega tonteria.

"lentado" is not a word, "lento" is. Also, it's "despliega", not "desplega". - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

RVR "EL que tarda en airarse es grande de entendimiento; Mas el que es impaciente de espiritu enaltece la necedad." - timmyspanish, Mar 30, 2011

thanks Tom! - timmyspanish, Mar 30, 2011

You're absolutely welcome, timmy! - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

I just noticed...it's "entendimiento", not "entiendimiento". - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

pesky vowels. - timmyspanish, Mar 30, 2011

Answer 15

The teacher who teaches us english is from space.

La maestra quien/que nos enseña Inglés es del espacio.

La maestra quien nos enseña Inglés es d-e-l espacio. (not "desde") - 002067fe, Mar 30, 2011

I think I'd say : La maestra 'que' nos enseña inglés es del espacio. That "who" is not common in Spanish. Well done, tevbe! :) - cogumela, Mar 30, 2011

Gracias mis amigos. - tevbekar, Mar 30, 2011