Cuál or cuales?

Question

I had a discussion with my Spanish teacher about the following line.

Tenemos vino tinto y blanco. ¿Cuáles/Cuál deseáis?

My guess was to use cuál since each client will receive only one glass of wine (at least during that round of drinks). My teacher said that I was wrong and it needs to be plural (cuales) because deseáis indicates multiple people.

Who do you think is correct.

Answer 1

¿Cuál? because you are to give a choice between white and red wine. It has nothing to do with the verb. Multiple people can choose one wine. Your teacher is not right.

yay! - S1r_Wakka, Sep 23, 2012

Answer 2

Franco said:

¿Cuál? because you are to give a choice between white and red wine. It has nothing to do with the verb. Multiple people can choose one wine. Your teacher is not right.

Exactly. The same can be said in English. "We have red and white, which one would you like?"

No lo habría podido expresar mejor, Mariana. - francobollo, Sep 24, 2012

Answer 3

I would say that your teacher was correct because since there are several people, there will be plural wines involved, so I think "cuáles", which is plural makes more sense and is the correct answer, as your professor said.

aww - S1r_Wakka, Sep 23, 2012

jajaja you are both correct - readytodictate, Sep 24, 2012

Answer 4

Tenemos vino tinto y blanco. ¿Cuál Quiere/desea?

The subject is out of the question here. - S1r_Wakka, Sep 23, 2012