Thank you all
Thank you all for answering this question for me. You were a big help.
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So, how do these look?
¿De nina, Cuál fue tu favorita celebracion? (As a child what was your favorite celebration')
¿Dónde estaba el locacion? (Where was the location')
¿Quièn estabas presente? ¿Tu familia? (Who was present? Your family')
¿Què comer y beber? (What did you eat and drink')
¿Por què fue memorable? (Why was it memorable')
¿Por què era importante para tù? (Why was it important to you')
BTW, thanks for all the help!
I shouldn't have said grammatical. The question should have been "¿cuál'", not "¿qué'", or you would be asking for a childhood definition of celebration.
Well that was just because idk how to do those on this site. I was aware of the mistake in that case though... but you guys are confusing me a bit, if I am going to translate the rest of the qs myself I need a form to follow or something. I am a beginner here... So, use the preterit form or...?
No: use the imperfect, and "¿Cuál...'".
¿Dónde era el lugar? (for activities)
¿Dónde estaba el lugar? (for locating places)
¿Quién estaba allí?
¿Qué comías y bebías'
Just in case anyone was confused, I was focusing so much on the tense of the verb that I copied and pasted the wrong part from the original question, using "Qué fue" rather than "Cuál fue." I immediately noticed the error and corrected it, but I'm wondering now if Lazarus saw my initial, incorrect post and was commenting on that.
Jennifer, the general rule (with possible exceptions) is that we use cuál before the verb ser, and qué before a noun or another verb in questions that ask for data. If you use "qué es," you are asking for a description of the thing that follows, and not just data.
¿Qué es una tortilla en España? Describe it to me.
¿Cuál es tu nombre? Give me the facts.
Ok, I will work on some of them and post...
Well that was just because idk how to do those on this site. I was aware of the mistake in that case though... but you guys are confusing me a bit, if I am going to translate the rest of the qs myself I need a form to follow or something. I am a beginner here... So, use the preterit form or...'
Oh, I'm not asking for anyone to do my homework...
But, which would be more correct? De nina, cual fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que eras tu favorita celebracion? Or, none of those?
My partner and I have different opinions on which it should be...
"De niña, ¿Cuál fue tu celebración favorita'" is the best of the three. I would imagine that you are fairly familiar with the person, so it doesn't make sense why you would refer to them in the usted form.
The question has to be "¿Cuál...'", not "¿Qué...'".
I agree that "¿Cuál...'" does flow better. I have edited my post.
Right, and the spelling errors are the accent and the tilde on niña, but what is the other grammatical mistake you mentioned'
¿De nina, que fue tu celebración favorita?
Is the best of the three. I would imagine that you are fairly familiar with the person, so it doesn't make sense why you would refer to them in the usted form.
No, it is not. It has three mistakes: a spelling one, and two grammatical ones.
The question has to be "¿Cuál...'", not "¿Qué...'".
But, which would be more correct? De nina, cual fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que eras tu favorita celebracion? Or, none of those?
My partner and I have different opinions on which it should be...
"Cuál fue" gets my vote. If you were giving a narrative about your childhood, and telling about things you liked, you could say "Mi celebración preferida/favorita era...," but if the question encompasses the entirety of your childhood, as in this case, you can use the preterit.
I would go with James or Lazurus on this one, when I started on my post I had not seen either one of them answer the question yet.
But, which would be more correct? De nina, cual fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que eras tu favorita celebracion? Or, none of those?
"De niña, ¿cuál era su celebración favorita'". If you say "fue", you are considering the past action after it wasn't anymore, i.e. after the action is finished. If you use imperfect, it would be like saying it in the present (i.e. Which one is your favourite...'), but in the past. In Spanish, adjectives generally go after the noun (celebración favorita).
Questions with "que" and the verb "ser" are used for definitions, so "¿qué es tu celebración favorita'" should be answered like a definition: "It is the celebration that I prefer". Bad idea.
The last option is using the verb in the third person, so it is even worse.
¿De nina, que fue tu celebración favorita?
Is the best of the three. I would imagine that you are fairly familiar with the person, so it doesn't make sense why you would refer to them in the usted form.
No, it is not. It has three mistakes: a spelling one, and two grammatical ones.
O man of mystery, please tell us what they are...
Oh, I'm not asking for anyone to do my homework...
But, which would be more correct? De nina, cual fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que fue su favorita celebracion? Or, De nina, que eras tu favorita celebracion? Or, none of those?
My partner and I have different opinions on which it should be...
Yes, a question is pretty much the same as a statement in Spanish. In speech, it differs in intonation, and in writing, question marks are used.
Give us your best try at translations, and we can comment. We're not supposed to do homework for people here.
