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Qué or que in : qué descanse, que descanse...play the game:-)

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Click on newest and use both forms, qué or que.

I was talking with jenny about this yesterday and she told me even she still had a problem distinguishing these two words.

So accent:

1) We always use an accent when qué is either a direct or an indirect question.

¿Qué quieres?

Le pregunté qué quería.

2) ¡Qué bueno es esto!

The transalation is "how" here, this always takes an accent.

3) Qué hombre tan bueno! Qué clase tan aburrida!

Same as above but with a noun, so in English we would say: What a nice man, what a boring class.

No accent:

Que te vayas a la cama....

que descanses... (mistake I have just seen on the word of the daywink )

Que no te levantes tarde.

Que hagas tus deberes.

You must realize that this is really a shortened form of the sentence:

I am telling you THAT you must go to bed, that you should have a good rest, that you should do your homework....

I think these are the four most confusing cases of qué or quegrin

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updated Jul 27, 2011
edited by 00494d19
posted by 00494d19
"jenny" being a name, has a capital "J" :) - Destroyed99, Jun 11, 2011
Gracias Heidi, siempre me es útil hacer una revisión de esta cosas. :) - galsally, Jun 11, 2011
hey, koala, are you picking on my lovely typing??? lol - 00494d19, Jun 11, 2011
Is this K K K thread :) - ian-hill, Jun 11, 2011
Nice thread! - 002067fe, Jun 11, 2011
Good to have it clarified in the end. Gracias! - bomberapolaca, Jun 11, 2011
You omitted the ¡ in no. 3 - 0074b507, Jun 11, 2011
Nice and clear Hiedi thanks!! - pacofinkler, Jul 27, 2011
Thanks Heidi....I know it's been posted for almost two months now...but I just came across it. :) - Jason7R, Jul 27, 2011

7 Answers

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Accent: ¡Qué suerte! - How lucky

No Accent: Creo que tengo mala suerte - I think (that) I have bad luck.

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updated Jul 27, 2011
posted by HotChickCD
Hmmm....I think I just made your post into an exercise :D Thank you Heidi for clarifying this for me *hugs and kisses* - HotChickCD, Jun 11, 2011
this is the game, good job hotty, jeje - 00494d19, Jul 27, 2011
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Thank you for this thread, Heidi smile. Very useful. I'm going to bookmark it for further reference grin.

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updated Jul 27, 2011
edited by --Jen--
posted by --Jen--
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¡Qué linda! How cute!
Me gustaría que ir a la película. I wish that you would go to the movie.

updated Jul 28, 2011
posted by Jason7R
que fueras al cine, good use jason - 00494d19, Jul 27, 2011
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Perfecto hotty, if you are intested, why not post an answer , like hotchickgrin

updated Jul 27, 2011
posted by 00494d19
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Excellent, thanks Heidi that was nice and clear and very helpful smile

updated Jul 27, 2011
posted by Kiwi-Girl
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¡Qué útil es este hilo! shock Muchisísimas gracias, Heidi.

updated Jul 27, 2011
edited by GuitarWarrior
posted by GuitarWarrior
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!Qué lluvia más fuerte! (lamentablemente es verdad aquí en Polonia)

Que tengas buen día

updated Jul 27, 2011
posted by bomberapolaca