Much like in English where you put the ? at the end to show it's a question, in Spanish you need to put the ¿ at the beginning of the question as well as the ? at the end.
Thanks,
one more question on the same topic. Why isn't Hola ¿cómo estás? this ¿Hola cómo estás?
so like ¿Hola, como estas? or ¡Hola!
to write them out with a non-spanish keyboard
Hold Alt and press 191 for ¿
Hold Alt and press 161 for ¡
The inverted exclamation mark goes at the beginning: ¡Ayúdame! (= Help me!)
I have heard that when you have two or more questions in a row, you don't use the leading (upside down) question mark in the succeeding questions. Is this true?
ex:
¿Cómo estás chica? Y tú mamá? Y la casa nueva?
Anonymous“I have heard that when you have two or morequestions in a row, you don't use the leading (upside down) questionmark in the succeeding questions. Is this true?ex: ¿Cómo estás chica? Y tú mamá? Y la casa nueva?”
I have heard that when you have two or morequestions in a row, you don't use the leading (upside down) questionmark in the succeeding questions. Is this true?
¿Es un error omitirlo? Gracias.