Example
¿Qué quieres comer?
What do you want to eat?
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All interrogative words and the key negation words. Use this page to study the core Spanish words, English meanings, part-of-speech labels, and example sentences for this topic.
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¿Qué quieres comer?
What do you want to eat?
¿Quién es esa persona?
Who is that person?
¿Cuándo llega el tren?
When does the train arrive?
¿Dónde vives?
Where do you live?
¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo se dice esto?
How are you? How do you say this?
¿Por qué estudias español?
Why are you studying Spanish?
"Por qué" (question) vs "porque" (answer: because).
¿Cuánto cuesta?
How much does it cost?
¿Cuántos años tienes?
How many years do you have? (How old are you?)
¿Cuál es tu nombre? ¿Cuáles prefieres?
What is your name? Which ones do you prefer?
No hablo alemán.
I don't speak German.
Placed directly before the verb to negate it.
Nunca como carne.
I never eat meat.
Can go before or after the verb. Before: "Nunca voy". After: "No voy nunca".
No quiero nada.
I don't want anything.
No hay nadie en casa.
There is nobody at home.
—No me gusta. —A mí tampoco.
"I don't like it." "Me neither."
No tengo ni tiempo ni dinero.
I have neither time nor money.
Ya no vivo aquí.
I don't live here anymore.