Cual / Cuál / Qué / Que Flashcards

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1
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Which ?
(interrogative pronoun)

Which do you prefer?

A

Cuál

¿Cuál prefieres?

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2
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What ?
Interrogative pronoun

What is it that you do?
= what - it is - it that - you do

A

¿Qué es lo que haces?

“lo que” = “it that” = relative pronoun

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3
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What is it that you do?

A

¿Qué es lo que haces?

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4
Q

Which of those do you do?

A

¿Cuál de ellos/ellas haces?

¿Cuál de esos/esas haces?

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5
Q

What do you do for fun at the weekends?

A

¿Qué haces para divertirte los fines de semana?

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Cuál es / son…?
Use when asking a question where there is, or might, be more than one possible answer.

What’s your name?

Which are your keys?

What is your favourite colour?

https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/que-vs-cual

A

¿Cuál es tu nombre?

¿Cuáles son tus claves?

¿Cuál es tu color favorito?

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¿Qué es / son…?

Use if are you looking for the definition of a word or phrase; where you think that there is only one correct answer no matter who you ask.

What is a boat?

What are fish?

A

¿Qué es un barco?

¿Qué son los peces?

https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/que-vs-cual

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¿Cuál de…?

Use when asking “which of” a number of options.

Which of your sisters is the tallest?

Which of the houses is yours?

Which of your friends went the cafe? (plural)

A

¿Cuál de tus hermanas es la más alta?

¿Cuál de las casas es la tuya?

¿Cuáles de tus amigos fueron al café?

https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/que-vs-cual

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What ? + noun:
Almost always use Qué

What song is that?

Which restaurant do you recommend?

Which part of town is dangerous?

A

Qué + sustantivo

¿Qué canción es esa?

¿Qué restaurante me recomiendas?

¿Qué parte de la ciudad es peligrosa?

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10
Q

What did you do last weekend?
(many possibilities. = qué)

What did you see, the dog or the horse? (Finite choice = which = cuál)

A

¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?

¿Cuál viste, el perro o el caballo?

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1> What is / are?
(where there is only one correct answer regardless of who you ask.
2> What is / are?
(Where there are many possible answers)
3> What / Which of?
where there are a number of options
4> What + noun?
what / which song do you prefer?
5> What + verb?
where there are many possibilities
6> What + verb?
where there are a few to choose from

A

1> ¿Qué es…?
2> ¿Cuál es…?
3> ¿Cuál de…?
4> ¿Qué (sustantivo)…?
5> ¿Qué (verbo)…?
6> ¿Cuál (verbo)…?

attribution:
https://www.realfastspanish.com/vocabulary/que-vs-cual

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