Question about Test
Okay so on my tests there are usually questions about what endings to use in sentences, and I know endings to my verbs like -o is for I and I know how to identify them in sentences. But I am just hung up on one thing. My teacher will give us this:
?Jose _______ libro? a. leo b. lees c. lee d. lemos e. leen
And I am hung up on if it means if you are talking to Jose or are you talking to someone else about Jose. Sorry for bad spanish, only in Spanish 1... Thanks
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And I am hung up on if it means if you are talking to Jose or are you talking to someone else about Jose. Sorry for bad spanish, only in Spanish 1... Thanks
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See but there I don't understand how to tell if the person is talking to Jose or if you are talking to someone about Jose?
That is why we harp so much on correct punctuation here on this forum.
If you are directing the question to José then you must put a comma after his name.
José, ¿lee un libro? or ¿José, lee un libro? Joseph, are you reading a book?
less confusing if you write: José, ¿lees un libro tú? or José, ¿lee un libro usted?
If there is no comma, then it is:
¿José lee un libro? Is José (he) reading a book?
The best thing to do probably is to translate it to English:
So you would have
¿Jose _______ un libro?
Does Jose or Is Jose _____ a book?
and your options are
leo / (I) read, am reading
lees / (you/informal (tú)) read, are reading
lee / (she/he/it) reads, is reading
lemos / (we) read, are reading
leen / (they / you (plural)) read, are reading
So which one do you think fits best?
The helpful thing about Spanish question marks is that you can see that you're not speaking to Jose in your example otherwise you'd say: "Jose ¿lees un libro? Jose, are you reading a book? - the question marks only surround the question part.
Welcome to the forum.
The subject is Jose and the verb must agree with the subject.
Jose lee un libro. Jose reads a book.
See but there I don't understand how to tell if the person is talking to Jose or if you are talking to someone about Jose?
Jose ..lee... un libro but I wonder if the question marks come with the question or it' you way to ask for
