Spanish Sentence Classification?
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¡Hola! To be plain and simple, what are the classifications of sentences in Spanish? Isn't there four in English? Below you can see the four classifications of English sentences:
- Simple Sentence: One Independent Clause (one complete thought). Ex. Marie went to the beach today.
- Compound Sentence: Two or more Independent Clauses (two complete thoughts joining). Ex. Marie went to the beach today, and brought back some seashells.
- Complex Sentence: One Independent Clause and one (or more) Dependent Clauses (one complete thought and one or more incomplete thoughts). Ex. After receiving my test scores, I screamed in ecstasy.
- Compound-Complex Sentence: At least two Independent Clauses and one (or more) Dependent Clauses (two complete thoughts joining and one incomplete thought). Ex. Marie went to the beach today, and brought back some seashells because she was happy.
Now, what are the sentence classifications in Spanish? ¡Gracias!
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updated Jul 6, 2013
posted by Curly_Puffington
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To confuse matters further
I think that there 4 types of simple sentences.
Declarative - Sharon found a lost puppy .
Interrogative - May I borrow your pencil sharpener ?
Imperative - Pick up the book .
Exclamatory - Whata beautiful day!
I think it simpler / best if we assume there are the same / very similar types of sentences in Spanish as there are in English - I could be wrong of course.
updated Jul 6, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
Oh okay, so those are the sentence classifications in Spanish? - Curly_Puffington, Jul 6, 2013
I don't know what they are called but it is safe to say that the same things can be said in Spanish. - ian-hill, Jul 6, 2013
Okay, would these answers suffice for a test (in Spanish?). I'm trying to get into a school (ISM in Ecuador) - Curly_Puffington, Jul 6, 2013
Your sentences look correct but I am not sure about your punctuation - normally in Brit English a comma is not used just before an "and" - ian-hill, Jul 6, 2013
