Where to put the subject

Question

Okay, my question today has to do with the subject. Where do you have to put it or is it always flexible? For example:

When asking questions in Spanish: Is it okay to say "¿Comes tú?" AND "¿Tú comes?," or is one gramatically incorrect?

When making a declarative statement: Is it okay to say "Ella come la fruta" AND "Come ella la fruta," or is one grammatically incorrect?

¡Ayudame por favor!

Answer 1

Your first example is not really a matter of subject placement but of personal pronoun placement. It´s not necessary except in cases of emphasis, so if you want to highlight from other people the person you are talking to you can say: "¿Comes tú?" Otherwise simply: "¿Comes?"

In your second example we can use either structure, again it´s a matter of emphasis with "Come ella la fruta" emphasizing "ella".

:) - ian-hill, Dec 8, 2014