Changing Sentences into Questions
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¡Hola! I have a question about questions. (haha) I tried to look it up in the Reference page, but I couldn't find a satisfactory answer.
I have a sentence that I want to change into a question: Ricardo lee el periódico.
However, what is the best word order for a question? In my book, it has examples of the object preceding the subject like "¿Es guapo Benito?". Could it be "¿Es Benito guapo?" instead? Or does it even matter?
¿Lee el periódico Ricardo? or ¿Lee Ricardo el periódico?
Muchas gracias.
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updated Oct 20, 2012
posted by chooey
both work, they may however stress different things depending on how you say them :) Richard reads 'the newspaper'? Lee 'el periodico' Ricardo? ... get outta town I've only ever see him read comic books - - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 20, 2012
or ....'Richard' reads the newspaper? Lee 'Ricardo' el periodico? you must be mistaken, surely not Richard! - - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 20, 2012
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There is no need to change the word order. You can say:
¿Ricardo lee el periódico? ¿Lee Ricardo el periódico? ¿Lee el periódico Ricardo? All work.
¿Benito es guapo? ¿Es guapo Benito? Both work.
updated Oct 20, 2012
posted by francobollo
