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In Spanish how do you ask " are you an American citizen? & " are you Puerto Rican?"
Can sb explain the grammatical use of " are you...?" In Spanish (for example ..are you a doctor.. Are you chinese?, are you her son?because I'm confusedCan sb explain the grammatical use of " are you...?" In Spanish (are you a doctor.. Are you chinese?.. Are you his son?
2 janv. 2015 05:58
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Are you an American citizen? ¿Es usted un ciudadano americano?
are you Puerto Rican? ¿Eres puertorriqueño?
2 janvier 2015
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¿Eres un ciudado de las Américas?= re you an American citizen?
¿Eres puertoricano? = Are you puertorriqueño?
2 janvier 2015
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Are you an American citizen? = ¿(Tú) eres un ciudadano estadounidense?
Yes, I am American. = Sí, (yo) soy estadounidense.
Are you Puerto Rican? = ¿(Tú) eres puertorriqueño?
No, I am not Puerto Rican. = No, (yo) no soy puertorriqueño.
¿(Tú) Eres su hijo? = "Are you his son?"
¿(Tú) Eres chino? = "Are you Chinese?"
GRAMMAR
Verb conjugation allows the omission of personal pronouns. Most of the time, they are avoided, unless, it is ambiguous or they are used for emphasis.
"Citizen" is a countable noun, therefore, you need "an" = "un" (masculine article).
In Spanish, we don't change word order when asking a YES/NO question, so the answer and the question have the same pattern: Q: "You are American?" A: "Yes, I am American" (literal)
Jobs, professions and occupations don't require articles, unless further information is added.¿(Tú) Eres doctor? = "¿Are you a doctor?
¿Quién es él? "Él es un doctor FAMOSO" = "Who is he?" "He is a FAMOUS doctor"
Other synonyms of "American" = norteamericano
In Spanish, "Americano" is the term used for someone who is from The Americas (continent), not just from the USA. It is like "European" for a person from Europe, "African" for Africa "Asian" for Asia.
2 janvier 2015
¿Eres un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos de América?
2 janvier 2015
Can sb explain the grammatical use of " are you...?" In Spanish (are you a doctor.. Are you chinese?
2 janvier 2015
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Kevin
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Français, Portugais
Langue étudiée
Chinois (mandarin), Français, Portugais
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