Anonymous  +  562 Thu, 29 Sep 05 03:20 PM What does the upside down question mark mean? - Is it necessary? - what is it called? Anonymous Upside Down Question Mark, Questions, Footer

	Woodward Chile  +  575 Thu, 29 Sep 05 05:14 PM It is used to show the beginning of a question. 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. Woodward Chile Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 Santiago - Chile Miembro Pleno 563 Woodward Chile www.spanish.cl Upside Down Question Mark

	Woodward Chile  +  626 Fri, 30 Sep 05 02:25 PM Because Hola (=Hi) and is not a part of the question. If you put the question mark before the Hola, it would sound like you are saying "Hi?" (and you would be making Hi a question). Woodward Chile Upside Down Question Mark

	Woodward Chile  +  649 Fri, 30 Sep 05 11:13 PM Yes, good point. The same rules apply to using exclamation marks. The inverted exclamation mark goes at the beginning: ¡Ayúdame! (= Help me!) Woodward Chile Upside Down Question Mark

	Paola  +  1206 Mon, 24 Oct 05 02:01 AM 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? ” Formas correctas: ¿Cómo estás?, ¿y tu mamá?, ¿y la casa nueva? Saludos Paola Joined on Fri, Sep 16 2005 Santiago - Chile Usuario Regular 225 Vamos con el español arriba!!! Upside Down Question Mark

	Nube Pequeña  +  3388 Sat, 21 Jan 06 03:13 PM ¿Es un error omitirlo? Gracias. Nube Pequeña Joined on Sat, Jan 21 2006 Nápoles - Italia Usuario Frecuente 381 El que la sigue la consigue!! Please, correct my mistakes!!