puede ir al baño?

Question

long story... i used this sentence on a native domican apparently with my lack of experience in speaking spanish and im not sure if its actually grammatically correct but it somehow worked.. would "tu puedes ir al baño'" be more precise'

Answer 1

Yes, it is confusing. That is to say your title is confusing. What Sally read was that you asked the gentleman a question. That is the way you (incorrectly) wrote it with and . In your reply you wrote that > with no question marks. If that is correct, then you told him that he could go to the bathroom; you did not ask a question. The question mark changes the context of the sentence from whether you were asking the gentleman if he was able to go to the bathroom or whether you were giving him permission to go to the bathroom. You could solve much of the ambiguity if you would learn to properly punctuate your sentences. I know that it's hard to type a ¿ if you don't know how, but in Shanish a question is o . If you can't make the ¿ then many people type it as

Answer 2

that's confusing.. a punctuation mark can change the context of a sentence? how does that rule apply'

Answer 3

If you were giving permission for him to go to the bathroom then you were correct.
Your question mark at the end changed the context of the sentence.

Answer 4

he mustve been laughing behind my back though

Answer 5

i wanted to say you can go to the bathroom

that's weird though cause it worked hehehe

Answer 6

i said puede ir al baño.

Answer 7

Puede ir al baño? = can he/she go to the bathroom?
"tu puedes ir al baño? = can you go to the bathroom?

What exactly did you want to say'