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El estudiante dibuja un mapa

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El estudiante dibuja un mapa Correct way to change to a question.

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updated Sep 27, 2017
posted by Roman6514
Welcome to SpanishDict, Roman. - rac1, Sep 26, 2017
¿Cuándo/Qué/cómo/dónde.....? - Mardle, Sep 26, 2017

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El estudiante dibuja un mapa Correct way to change to a question.

As Mardle indicated, you can use Spanish Question words at the beginning of the question:

For example:
¿Cómo dibuja el mapa el estudiante?
How did the student draw the map?

If you're not asking how?, why?, when? or where? But simply:
Did the student draw a map?
The most common thing is to put the verb first.

Note that there is no "question helper word" similar to "did" , "does" or "do" in Spanish. This words (did, does and do) can often be translated into Spanish using a conjugated version of the verb "hacer" but in the case of a question word...the do/did/does are NOT translated (or used at all) in Spanish.

Either:

¿Dibuja un mapa el estudiante? (my favorite way, subject last)

¿Dibuja el estudiante un mapa? (very common, verb - subject - object)

Less common, but not wrong, use the original order of the statement, just add ¿? marks:

¿El estudiante dibuja un mapa?

updated Sep 27, 2017
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
good job :) - 006595c6, Sep 26, 2017
Exactly the way I teach it in class. - Daniela2041, Sep 27, 2017