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Questions often start with a question word like dónde where, cuándo when, qué what.
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| ¿Dónde está la estación de Chamartín?
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Where's Chamartín Station?
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| ¿Cuánto cuesta?
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How much is it?
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| ¿De qué andén sale el tren?
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From which platform does the train leave?
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Or you can ask a question simply by altering the tone of your voice. Unlike in English, you don't need to change the order of the words.
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| Llega con retraso.
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It's delayed. |
| ¿Llega con retraso?
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Is it delayed? |
| Hablas inglés.
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You speak English. |
| ¿Hablas inglés?
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Do you speak English? |
You will often hear ¿no? or ¿verdad? at the end of a sentence. They correspond to English question endings, such as isn't it? aren't we? don't they?
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| Éste es el andén 2, ¿verdad?
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This is platform 2, isn't it? |
| Este tren va para Segovia, ¿no?
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This train goes to Segovia, doesn't it? |
In writing, questions are always introduced by the upside-down question mark, which is characteristic of Spanish punctuation.
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