In Spanish when we want to ask questions or make exclamatory sentences that refer to how, when or where we use the interrogative adverbs:
- cómo (how)
- dónde (where)
- cuándo (when)
Have a look and listen to the following examples:
As well as in interrogative sentences, they are also used with the same forms in indirect questions:
Note that in both types of sentences above they all have a written accent [´].
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Examples and resources
Marcos le está preguntando dónde celebrará su cumpleaños.Marcos is asking her where she will celebrate her birthday.
¡Cómo huele esa tortilla de patatas!This Spanish omelette smells delicious! [lit: How that Spanish omelette smells!]
