¿cómo? vs ¿qué?
  • goospanish August 2014
    I'm working threw  Spanish in 30 days.    So far it seems ok  but I don't have CD.
    So I'm typing the English in Quizlet and put in the Spanish as best I can then looking
    at Spanish to see how I  do.

    How interesting    I put   como interesante    and they the book has qué interestante

    When I look in back of book they say  ¿cómo?   means  how
    and for  ¿qué?   what


    Then they have more entries using qué
    so my GUESS is  the are like expression  that you just learn.


    1.¿Qué tal has comido?
    How do you like the food?
    2.qué barbaridad
    that's exorbitant/ outrageous
    3.qué cara
    such nerve
    4.qué horror
    how awful
    5.qué interestante
    how interesting
    6.qué lástima
    what a shame
    7.qué mar de
    what a lot of
    8.qué pena
    what a pity
    9.qué te mejores
    get better soon
    10.qué te vaya bien
    all the best

    In number 9 and 10  if more formal would you use  se instead of te and  can you make it plural?

    and the 10 listed expressons?
  • Carmen2013 August 2014
    Hola, de nuevo:

    Yes, in 9 and 10 you would use SE, if you are using the USTED form.

    Very nice 10 expressions! I think you can learn them for now. In the future, you´ll learn some grammatical differences among them.

    Saludos,

    Carmen.