Making Questions in Spanish In Spanish there are 4 ways of asking a question to get a yes or no answer, and they are

the following: -Verb + pronoun: Unlike English, the auxiliaries doand does are not used. Tiene ella tiempo libre? (Does she have free time?) Note: The interrogative questions have an opening () question mark, Spanish is unique in using that symbol and, also a closing one (?). -Pronoun + verb: Only the intonation makes the sentence interrogative: Ella tiene tiempo libre? (Does she have free time?) -Verb +...+ pronoun. The pronoun goes last Tiene tiempo libre ella? (Does she have free time?) -Finally you can also make a question by adding atag question to the end of a statement. Ella tiene tiempo libre no? Ella tiene tiempo libre, verdad? (She has free time, doesnt she) Possible answer would be S, Ella tienes tiempo libre. (or) No, Ella no tiene tiempo libre. Note that when only part of a sentence is a question, the question marks are placed around only the portion that's a question starting with (): Y eso, no te gusta? (And this one, you don't like it?). Interrogative pronouns are usually used to form a question. Note that these words are always graphically accentuated, whether they are used to formulate a direct or indirect question:Qu hora es? (What time is it?) Qu es la capital de Marruecos? (What is the capital of Morocco?) (Direct). Dime qu hora es. Tell me what time it is. (Indirect).
Spanish Interrogative A qu hora...? (What time...?) Dnde? (Where?) De dnde? (From where?) Por dnde? (Which direction?) A dnde? (To where?) Cmo? (How?) Cul/-es? (Which one/-s?) Cundo? (When?) Cunto/-a? (How much?) Cuntos/-as? (How many?) Qu? (What?) Para qu? (For what reason?) Por qu? (Why?) Quin/es? (Who?) A quin? (To whom?) Para quin? (For whom) De quin/-es? (Whose?).

As you may have noticed in these examples several of them can be preceded by prepositions: de dnde (from where), de qu (of what), a quen (to whom), de quin (of whom), para quin? Etc. Note that Spanish doesn't require auxiliary verbs the way that English does to form questions. The same verb forms as are used in questions as in statements. Don't confuse between por qu? (why?) and porque (because). Negation in Spanish: Negation can be made simply by placing "No" before the main verb in Spanish. However sometimes it's not that easy, because sometimes a double negative is required. "No" is the most common negative, used either as an adverb or adjective. When it's used as an adverb, it should be placed before the verb.

No quiero hacerlo (I don't like to do it). No tienes nada que hacer (this example is Spanish double negative, you don't have anything to do). No lo quiero (I don't like it) When used as an adjective or as an adverb modifying an adjective or other adverb it comes immediately before the word it modifies. Boletos cancelados o no usados (Canceled or unused tickets). Se trata de la guerra o de la no guerra (It's about war or non-war). Spanish also has many other negative words that are used along with "No" or without it, like nada (nothing), nadie(nobody, no one), ninguno (none), nunca (never), and jams (never). Ninguno (no one). Nadie entiende. (Nobody understands.) Ninguna tienda tiene lo que quiero. (No store has what I want.) Nuncabeb la cerveza. (We never drink beer). Jams te olvidar. (I will never forget you.) The use of the double negative is an aspect unusual to English speakers, but it exists in Spanish. If one of the negative words listed above is used after the verb, a negative (often no) also must be used before the verb. Here is a list of double negatives:
Double Negative in Spanish no... nunca/no... jams (never). no... nunca ms (never again). no... tampoco (neither, not either). no... nada (nothing). no... nadie (no one). no... en/por ninguna parte (nowhere). Nos nada. (I don't know anything, or I know nothing.) No conozco a nadie aqu. (I don't know anybody here, or I know nobody here.).

Note how these pronouns change from the affirmative to the negative form:
Spanish Negation Affirmative Negative alguien (someone) nadie (no one) alguno, -a (someone, some) ninguno, -a (no one) algo (something) nada (nothing) siempre (always) nunca (never) alguna vez (ever) jams (never) tambin (also) tampoco (neither) algn (some, something) ningn (no, none) todava, an (still) ya no (no longer) ya (already) todava no (not yet) o (or) ni (nor) oo (eitheror) nini (neithernor)

Double No: when the answer to a question is negative, the word no appears twice. It appears at the beginning of the sentence and also in front of the verb. hablas Ingls? No, no hablo Ingls, solo Espaol (Do you speak English. I Dont speak English, only Spanish).

Exclamation in Spanish Exclamatory words (exclamaciones) as well as interrogative expressions have written accents. The most common one is (!) and Qu...! Used in front of an adjective, adverb or noun: Caramba! (My goodness!) Claro! (Of course!) Socorro! (Help!) Qu delicioso! (How delicious!) Lo siento mucho! (I'm so sorry!) Qu casa! (What a house!) Qu barbaridad! (How aweful!) Qu lstima! (What a shame!) Qu lo! (What a mess!) Qu fcilmente lo haces t! (How easily you do it!) In literary usage, Cun...! may replace Qu...!: Cun fcilmente lo haces t! When an adjective follows a noun in this construction, it is preceded by ms (most) or tan (so): Qu casa ms bonita! (What a pretty house!) Qu nios tan alegres! (What happy children!) Summary: Making Questions: You can make a question in Spanish in 4 ways: -Verb + pronoun ... Tiene ella tiempo libre? (Does she have free time?) -Pronoun + verb... Ella tiene tiempo libre? (Does she have free time?) -Verb +...+ pronoun. Tiene tiempo libre ella? (Does she have free time?) -Add a tag question... Ella tiene tiempo libre, no? Ella tiene tiempo libre verdad? (She has free time, doesnt she) Possible answer would be S, Ella tienes tiempo libre. (or) No, Ella no tiene tiempo libre. Interrogative pronouns are usually used to form a question: Qu hora es? (What time is it?) Qu es la capital de Marruecos? (What is the capital of Morocco?) A qu hora...? (What time...?) Dnde? (Where?) De dnde? (From where?) Por dnde? (Which direction?) A dnde? (To where?) Cmo? (How?) Negation: Negation can be made by placing "No" before the main verb, there are other words that are used along with "No" or without it to form negation in Spanish, like nada (nothing), nadie (nobody, no one), ninguno (none), nunca(never), and jams (never). Ninguno (no one). Nadie entiende. (Nobody understands). No conozco a nadie aqu. (I don't know anybody here.) Exclamation: Exclamatory words in Spanish also have written accents. The most common one is Qu...! Used in front of an adjective, adverb or noun: Qu delicioso! (How delicious!). When an adjective follows a noun in this construction, it is preceded by ms (most) or tan (so): Qu mujer tan guapa! (What a beautiful woman!) qu chico ms amable! (What a nice (kind) guy!).