Help with an error-finding exercise

c.ong

May 21, 2014 07:50 AM

Help with an error-finding exercise

¡Hola!

Could I get some help regarding these corrections? I've been given a sentence and I need to find and rectify an error within them.

¿Qué tipo de apartamentos quiere ofrecer Sr. Sierra?
I've got a feeling it should either be 'cuál' and not 'qué', as there a sort of selection of types, but I'm really not sure.
Also, the question: ¿Prefieres bañarse o ducharse?
Would this be correct if the reflexive 'se' were change to 'te' as the subject (and object) have already been referred to as 'tú'?

Any help much appreciated.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

May 21, 2014 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by c.ong (Post 149230)

¿Qué tipo de apartamentos quiere ofrecer Sr. Sierra? :good:
I've got a feeling it should either be 'cuál' and not 'qué', as there a sort of selection of types, but I'm really not sure.

When you don't have a defined/specific set of items from which to choose, like in this case, we use "qué". :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by c.ong (Post 149230)

Also, the question: ¿Prefieres bañarse:bad: o ducharse:bad:?
Would this be correct if the reflexive 'se' were change to 'te' as the subject (and object) have already been referred to as 'tú'?

"Te" is the right suffix to use. The pronominal particle must agree with the pronoun. :)

Julvenzor

May 21, 2014 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 149245)

When you don't have a defined/specific set of items from which to choose, like in this case, we use "qué". :)

También resulta posible "cuál" en este contexto; aunque "qué" suele ser lo frecuente.

Un saludo.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

May 21, 2014 03:50 PM

No me suena correcto, pero si no es un uso regional, es muy posible que lo sea de preferencias personales. :thinking:

Julvenzor

May 23, 2014 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 149257)

No me suena correcto, pero si no es un uso regional, es muy posible que lo sea de preferencias personales. :thinking:

Aquí la cita del DPD para mayor claridad:

Cuál

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Originally Posted by DPD

4. Antepuesto a un sustantivo, funciona como adjetivo interrogativo. En ese caso equivale a qué (→ qué), y su uso es mucho más frecuente en América que en España: «—Queremos ver a la muchacha. —¿Cuál muchacha?» (Fuentes Cristóbal [Méx. 1987]); «Oyó hablar a las primas con naturalidad de cuáles parejas de la familia seguían haciendo el amor» (GaMárquez Amor [Col. 1985]); «Sabía de cuál imbécil me estaba hablando» (Grandes Edades [Esp. 1989]).

Hoble

September 04, 2014 12:57 PM

¿Qué tipo de apartamentos quiere ofrecer Sr. Sierra?

As a newbie, does this mean
1/ someone is asking you what type accommodations do you want to offer Mr. Sierra?
or
2/ asking Mr. Sierra "what type do you want to offer" ?

gracias por tu ayuda

Julvenzor

September 04, 2014 01:04 PM

1) Someone is asking you what type accommodations do you want to offer Mr. Sierra

¿Qué tipo de apartamentos quiere ofrecer el Sr. Sierra?

2) Asking Mr. Sierra "what type do you want to offer?"

¿Qué tipo de apartamentos quiere ofrecer, Sr. Sierra?

A pleasure.

SEW810

October 01, 2014 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by c.ong (Post 149230)

¡Hola!

......
Also, the question: ¿Prefieres bañarse o ducharse?
Would this be correct if the reflexive 'se' were change to 'te' as the subject (and object) have already been referred to as 'tú'?

Any help much appreciated.

Formal: ¿Prefiere bañarse o ducharse?

Informal: ¿Prefieres bañarte o ducharte?

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