What are the indirect questions?
Compare the following direct and indirect questions:
- Direct: What did she want? - Indirect: Do you know what she wanted?
- Directa: Que quería ella? - Indirecta: Sabes lo que ella quería?
- Direct: Where was it? - Indirect: Do you remember where it was?
- Directa: Dónde estaba? - Indirecta: Recuerdas dónde estaba?
- Direct: Will they come? - Indirect: I wonder if they will come.
- Directa: Vendrán? - Indirecta: Me pregunto si vendrán.
- Direct: Why did you do it? - Indirect: Could you tell me why you did it.
- Directa: Por qué lo hiciste? - Indirecta: Podrías decirme porqué lo hiciste?
Las preguntas indirectas son aquellas preguntas que van precedidas de otra pregunta (directa: Do you know? Can you tell me?) o de otro tipo de información (Is there any chance...I was wondering...).
- Estructura de las preguntas indirectas con "can" u otros modal verbs
Pregunta directa: Verbo modal + sujeto+ verbo +?- Can you tell me
Pregunta indirecta: interrogativo + sujeto + verbo?- where she is?
Estructura de las preguntas indirectas con "do/does/did" u otros modal verbs
Pregunta directa: Do/does/did + sujeto+ verbo en infinitivo +?Do you knowPregunta indirecta: interrogativo + sujeto + verbo + ?where I can park my car?Ejemplo con "If/Whether": Usually the answer is "Yes/No"Pregunta directa: Does she work here? ¿Trabaja ella aquí?
Pregunta indirecta: Do you have any idea if/whether she works here? ¿Tienes idea si ella trabaja aquí?Examples of indirect questions:
- Is there any chance...- Hay alguna posibilidad
- Do you know…Sabes
- Can/could you tell me.. Me podrías decir
- I’d like to know…Me gustaría saber
- Do you have any idea…Tienes alguna idea.
- I was wondering...Me preguntaba
- Would it be possible…Sería posible
- I wonder whether...Me pregunto si
- Please, tell me...Por favor, dime
- I can't remember if...No me acuerdo si
- Has he told you whether...Te ha dicho si
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