grammar: indirect questions
Como se transformaria a una pregunta indirecta la siguiente pregunta directa: "Why do the French eat frogs? "Excuse me. How do you get to the post office from here?
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Why do the French eat frogs?
Do you know why the French eat frogs?
¿Es eso tu pregunta?
Indeed, one often asks oneself why the French eat frogs..
According to Ask How.com, the definition of an indirect question is: A sentence that reports a question and ends with a period rather than a question mark. Consequently, to convert your question "Why do the French eat frogs?" to an indirect question, construct it as a sentence reporting the question, e.j. "She asked me why the French eat frogs."
Here's my attempt in español. (directo) ¿Por qué se comen ranas las francés?
(indirecto) "Ella me preguntó por qué se comen ranas las
francés."