¡Preguntas en español, sobre inglés!

Question

I used the translator, which by the way, is very useful and more accurate than most! I was translating these three sentences: "What is your English level?" Por ejemplo: principiante, intermedio, avanzado. y: "Why are you learning English?" Out of three translations I think this one is the best, for the first one: ¿Cuál es tu nivel de inglés? ¿Es correcto, o no? I know that sometimes it's "su" and sometimes it's still "tu", I just think that sentence was the best one. Also, for the second one there were another three and I'm not for sure if any of them were correct or not, but I think this one was best: ¿Por qué estás aprendiendo Inglés? It just doesn't seem right with "estás" there, though. The last one is: How long have you been learning English? Maybe this translation is best: ¿Durante cuánto tiempo has estudiado inglés? I think that "durante" is not necessary to have in this sentence though, right? Please let me know if those sentences are correct. ¡Gracias!

If you got them from the tanslator then they are most likely partially right, only partially!!!! - Yeser007, Jan 8, 2012

Yes, I know. That's why I asked the question. :) Thanks for your reply. - 00ec83d7, Jan 8, 2012

tu would be the informal form, and su would be the formal form. - Himself12794, Jan 8, 2012

I thought so, but I didn't know if it was correct to use "tu" or not. ¡Muchas gracias por su ayuda, Himself12794! - 00ec83d7, Jan 8, 2012

Answer 1

¿Cuál es su nivel de inglés? ¿por qué estás aprendiendo Inglés? - informal ¿Cuánto tiempo has estudiado inglés? - informal

Answer 2

For the second one it is correct, but it might be more common to hear, "¿Por qué estudias español? (why do you study spanish?)"

For the last question, I believe it's more popular to ask something along the lines of, "¿Hace cuánto tiempo que estudias español?" Can anyone back me up on this and verify it? I'm still learning to use this construction myself.

I see. I've had people ask me that exact question before and since they were natives I assume that's correct! Maybe it's the same when asking about English, I don't know. Thank you for your answer. :) - 00ec83d7, Jan 8, 2012

woops. acidentally used español in place of 'inglés.' oh well. you get the idea. :) - Himself12794, Jan 8, 2012

Ha ha! Of course, I understood what you meant. :) Thanks again! - 00ec83d7, Jan 8, 2012