Asking "Are you...?"

Question

Hola. Me llamo Milton. I am new to SpanishDict, and I am new to learning Spanish as well. I am using the internet lessons combined with some helpful tutoring from a friend of mine.

In lesson 1.1, we learn to say phrases such as "Estoy ocupado." I wonder how I can say to somebody, "Are you busy?", or some other such questions.

Thanks for your help. Adíos.

Welcome Mmcdonald! :) - rac1, Mar 7, 2012

Welcome to the forum. =) - NikkiLR, Mar 7, 2012

Answer 1

Welcome, Milton!

The others have given you the familiar version of ¿Estás ocupado? when you are talking to a male friend, peer, child, etc.

Here are other examples:

Talking to a female (familiar) ¿Estás ocupada?

Talking to a male (formal usted form) ¿Está ocupado?

Talking to a female (formal usted form) ¿Está ocupada?

Talking to more than one person where there is a male in the group ¿Están ocupados?

Talking to more than one person where there are only females in the group ¿Están ocupadas?

I'm not too busy to give you a vote. highly informative - albert-fabrik-, Mar 7, 2012

Thank you for the reply. I should have seen that "Esta" is the same word we use when we say como esta (how are you). I appreciate the other example too. - mmcdonald1986, Mar 7, 2012

Answer 2

Take the statement you want to say, change your intonation and put the required question marks around the question.

¿Estás ocupado?

Answer 3

¿Estás ocupado?...... - Are you busy?

What other phrases did you want?