{"id":3461,"date":"2020-11-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T14:01:47","slug":"asking-questions-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/sv\/asking-questions-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Question Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intrepid language learners start using Portuguese nearly from day one. I love the attitude and hope you are one of them. Besides bravery, to keep conversations going you need to ask questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put another way, you need to know well the question words and how interrogative sentences work in Portuguese and that&#8217;s what this post is all about. We start with open-ended questions \u2013&nbsp;those initiated with a question word \u2013 and then we go over to the &#8220;yes-or-no&#8221; type. Read on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-stackable-table-of-contents stk-block-table-of-contents stk-block stk-fc3160d stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"fc3160d\"><style>.stk-fc3160d li,.stk-fc3160d ul li a,.stk-fc3160d ol li a{font-size:18px !important;color:var(--theme-palette-color-7,#ffffff) !important}.stk-fc3160d{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#060946) !important;border-top-left-radius:8px !important;border-top-right-radius:8px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:8px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:8px !important;overflow:hidden !important}.stk-fc3160d:before{background-color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#060946) !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-fc3160d li,.stk-fc3160d ul li a,.stk-fc3160d ol li a{font-size:18px !important}}<\/style><ul class=\"stk-table-of-contents__table has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"#open-ended-questions\">Open-ended questions\u00a0<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#question-words\">Fr\u00e5geord<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#rev\">Reversed word order<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#no-auxiliary\">No auxiliary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#red\">The redundant &#8220;\u00e9 que&#8221;\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#yes-no-questions\">Yes-or-no questions<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#no-auxiliary-1\">No auxiliary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#answear\">Answering a yes-or-no question<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tags\">Question tags<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b08e4cb stk-block-background stk--has-background-overlay\" data-block-id=\"b08e4cb\"><style>.stk-b08e4cb{background-color:linear-gradient(135deg,#f5f7fa 0%,#c3cfe2 100%) !important;border-top-left-radius:5px !important;border-top-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:5px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:5px !important;overflow:hidden !important}.stk-b08e4cb:before{background-image:linear-gradient(135deg,#f5f7fa 0%,#c3cfe2 100%) !important}<\/style><div 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class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0c74206 stk-block-expand__short-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" id=\"dar\" data-block-id=\"0c74206\"><style>.stk-0c74206 .stk-block-heading__text{color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#1c1c1c) !important}<\/style><h5 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-color has-text-align-center\">Create a rock-solid foundation in Portuguese<\/h5><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button-group stk-block-button-group stk-block stk-3898a7e\" data-block-id=\"3898a7e\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-center stk-block-content stk-button-group\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button has-text-align-center stk-block-expand__show-button is-style-plain stk-block stk-760405e\" data-block-id=\"760405e\"><style>.stk-760405e .stk-button{padding-top:10px !important;padding-bottom:10px !important;background:transparent !important}.stk-760405e .stk-button:hover:after{background:transparent !important;opacity:1 !important}:where(.stk-hover-parent:hover,.stk-hover-parent.stk--is-hovered) .stk-760405e .stk-button:after{background:transparent !important;opacity:1 !important}.stk-760405e .stk-button:before{border-style:solid !important;border-color:var(--stk-global-color-78123,#0b2d36) !important}.stk-760405e .stk-button__inner-text{font-size:13px !important;color:var(--theme-palette-color-4,#1c1c1c) !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-760405e .stk-button__inner-text{font-size:13px !important}}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"false\" role=\"button\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/courses\/a1m1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-text-color stk-button__inner-text\">All-round Beginners<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><a class=\"stk-link stk-block-link stk--transparent-overlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/courses\/a1m1\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"open-ended-questions\">Open-ended questions&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Open-ended questions are usually initiated with question words (how, why, what, etc.). Let&#8217;s take a closer look at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"question-words\">Fr\u00e5geord<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Below, there&#8217;s a summary of Portuguese and English question words paired up according to a literal translation.&nbsp;This is, of course, a generalization. Either language has its idiomatic ways of asking questions and such a one-to-one translation scheme won&#8217;t always hold. So, keep that that in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Question Word<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Usage Example<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>o que<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em><br><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Vad<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>O que<\/strong> fizeste hoje?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">What did you do today?<\/span><br><br>When standing alone, this question word is pronounced with a more open <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">e<\/em>-sound, and thus spelled with a circumflex accent on it:<br><br><strong><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">O qu\u00ea?<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"> <\/em><\/span><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">What?<\/span><br><br>When <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">que<\/em> is followed by a noun, you drop the <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">o<\/em>:<br><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Que<\/strong> dia \u00e9 hoje?<span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\"> <\/span><\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">What day is it today?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>como<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">hur<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Como<\/strong> te correu o dia?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">How was your day?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>quando<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">n\u00e4r<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Quando<\/strong> voltas do Brasil?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">When are you coming back from Brazil?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>onde<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">var<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Onde<\/strong> est\u00e1s?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Var \u00e4r du?<\/span><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><br><br><strong>Aonde<\/strong> vais?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Where are you going?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>quem<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">who<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Quem<\/strong> ganhou o jogo?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Who won the match?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>porque<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Varf\u00f6r<\/span><br><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Porque<\/strong> n\u00e3o casas comigo?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Why don\u2019t you marry me?<\/span><br><br>Like <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">o qu\u00ea<\/em>, when standing alone, this question word is pronounced with a more open <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">e-<\/em>sound, and thus the circumflex accent:<br><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Porqu\u00ea?<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Why?&nbsp;<\/span><br><br>Also, the word <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">porque<\/em> means &#8220;because&#8221;:<br><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\u2013<strong> Porque<\/strong> n\u00e3o casas comigo?<br>\u2013<strong> Porque<\/strong> n\u00e3o estou apaixonada por ti.<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">\u2013&nbsp;Why don\u2019t you marry me?<br>\u2013 Because I am not in love with you.<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>quanto<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">hur mycket<\/span><\/td><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Quanto<\/strong> \u00e9?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">vad kostar det?<\/span><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><br><br><strong>Quanto<\/strong> custa?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Hur mycket kostar det?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>quantos\/quantas<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">hur m\u00e5nga<\/span><\/td><td>This question word conforms to the gender of the noun it refers to:<br><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Quantos<\/strong> p\u00e3es comeste?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">How many bread rolls did you eat?<\/span><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><br><br><strong>Quantas <\/strong>ma\u00e7\u00e3s compraste ontem?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">How many apples did you buy yesterday?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>qual\/quais<\/strong><br><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--stk-global-color-59394, #c89b60);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">som<\/span><\/td><td>This question word conforms to the number of the noun it refers to:<br><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Qual<\/strong> preferes, a saia verde ou a amarela?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Which one do you prefer, the green skirt or the yellow?<\/span><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><br><br><strong>Quais<\/strong> preferes, as camisas de l\u00e3 ou de algod\u00e3o?<br><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Which ones do you prefer, the cotton or the wool shirts?<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s look at some aspects of asking questions in Portuguese that you want to be aware of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"rev\">Reversed word order<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">By default, question words initiate the interrogative sentence. However, the reverse is not uncommon. Here are a few reversed sentences from the examples above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Voltas do Brazil <strong>quando<\/strong>?<br>Est\u00e1s <strong>onde<\/strong>?<br>N\u00e3o casas comigo <strong>porqu\u00ea<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"no-auxiliary\">No auxiliary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Unlike in English, we don&#8217;t need any auxiliary verb to ask open-ended questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Onde <strong>puseste<\/strong> as chaves?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Where did you put the keys?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">As you see in the example above, only one verb is used, namely <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">P\u00f4r <\/em>(in the Past tense).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"red\">The redundant &#8220;\u00e9 que&#8221;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Portuguese open-ended questions can be asked with or without the redundant little phrase <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>\u00e9 que<\/strong><\/em>:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">(1) Como te chamas?<\/em><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">(2) Como <strong>\u00e9 que<\/strong> te chamas?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">What\u2019s your name?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">(1) Onde vais?<br>(2) Onde <strong>\u00e9 que<\/strong> vais?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Where are you going?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Qual \u00e9 o teu prato favorito?<br>Qual <strong>\u00e9 que<\/strong> \u00e9 o teu prato favorito?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">What\u2019s your favorite dish?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Both variants mean the same thing. However, the version with <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\u00e9 que<\/em> sounds more casual and you\u2019ll hear it more in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"yes-no-questions\">Yes-or-no questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">These questions call for a yes-or-no type of answer. Importantly, there are no question words in them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In Portuguese, yes-or-no interrogative sentences look the same as declarative sentences, that is, the word order is kept unchanged. A few examples:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><strong>Declarative<\/strong><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Tu est\u00e1s<\/strong> no Porto.&nbsp;<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Du \u00e4r i Porto.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><strong>Interrogative<\/strong><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><strong>Tu est\u00e1s<\/strong> no Porto?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">\u00c4r du i Porto?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Because interrogative and declarative sentences look the same, it is important to intonate interrogative sentences properly so that they come across as intended.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">For instance, when asking, <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Tu est\u00e1s no Porto?<\/em>&nbsp; you want to finish off in a rising tone so that it clearly sounds like a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"no-auxiliary-1\">No auxiliary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Like in open-ended questions, yes-or-no questions do perfectly well without any auxiliary verb:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">O carro <strong>tem<\/strong> gasolina suficiente?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Does the car have enough gas?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Ele j\u00e1 <strong>chegou<\/strong> de Inglaterra?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">Did he already arrive from England?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"footnote\"><strong>Vidare l\u00e4sning!<\/strong> Learn more about Portuguese verb usage compared to English: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/portuguese-verb-tenses\/\">Portuguese Verb Usage and Tenses: A Practical Guide Anchored to English<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"answear\">Answering a yes-or-no question<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Usually, we don\u2019t answer these questions with only a bare &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217;. Instead, we tend to repeat the verb being used in the question:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\u2013 Est\u00e1s na Su\u00e9cia?<br>\u2013 Sim, <strong>estou<\/strong>. \/ N\u00e3o, n\u00e3o <strong>estou<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\u2013 Are you in Sweden?<br>\u2013 Yes, I am. \/ No, I am not.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\u2013 J\u00e1 viste este filme?&nbsp;<br>\u2013 Sim, j\u00e1 <strong>vi<\/strong>. \/ N\u00e3o, ainda n\u00e3o <strong>vi<\/strong>.<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">\u2013 Have you already seen this movie?<br>\u2013 Yes, I have. \/ No, I haven\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"tags\">Question tags<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"affirmative-sentences\">Affirmative sentences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Like English question tags, we also utter those reassuring little add-ons at the end of sentences. Let\u2019s look at a few affirmative cases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Ele gosta de cinema, <strong>n\u00e3o gosta<\/strong>?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">He likes cinema, doesn\u2019t he?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Tu dormes muito, <strong>n\u00e3o dormes<\/strong>?<\/em><br><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">You sleep a lot, <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">don\u2019t you<\/em><\/span><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">As you see above, you form question tags to affirmative sentences by putting together the negative <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">n\u00e3o<\/em> with the verb form of the main sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Otherwise, you can always use the universal question tag: <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">n\u00e3o \u00e9?<\/em> By using the latter, you won\u2019t even need to mind the verb in the main sentence:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Ele gosta de cinema, <strong>n\u00e3o \u00e9<\/strong>?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">He likes cinema, doesn\u2019t he?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Tu dormes muito, <strong>n\u00e3o \u00e9<\/strong>?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">You sleep a lot, don\u2019t you?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" id=\"negative-sentences\">Negative sentences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Let\u2019s now look at how it works with negative sentences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Ele n\u00e3o gosta de pintar, <strong>pois<\/strong> <strong>n\u00e3o<\/strong>?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">He doesn\u2019t enjoy painting, does he?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-font\"><em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">Tu n\u00e3o fumas muito, <strong>pois<\/strong> <strong>n\u00e3o<\/strong>?<\/em><br><span style=\"color: #C89B60;\" class=\"ugb-highlight\">You don\u2019t smoke that much, do you?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">As you can see above, concerning negative sentences, the question tags always look the same \u2013 <em data-no-auto-translation=\"\">pois n\u00e3o?<\/em> \u2013 regardless of the verb in the main sentence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b29c718\" data-block-id=\"b29c718\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b29c718-column\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-237bfc5\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"237bfc5\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-237bfc5-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-237bfc5-inner-blocks\" data-no-auto-translation=\"\"><p>[\/pms-restrict]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intrepid language learners start using Portuguese nearly from day one. I love the attitude and hope you are one of them. Besides bravery, to keep conversations going you need to ask questions. Put another way, you need to know well the question words and how interrogative sentences work in Portuguese and that&#8217;s what this post [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,268],"tags":[255],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia.webp",900,643,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia-150x107.webp",150,107,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia-300x214.webp",300,214,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia-768x549.webp",768,549,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia.webp",900,643,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia.webp",900,643,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia.webp",900,643,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/www.portuguesepedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Portuguese-Question-Words-Portuguesepedia-18x12.webp",18,12,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"<p>Intrepid language learners start using Portuguese nearly from day one. I love the attitude and hope you are one of them. Besides bravery, to keep conversations going you need to ask questions. Put another way, you need to know well the question words and how interrogative sentences work in Portuguese and that&#8217;s what this post is all about. We start with open-ended questions \u2013&nbsp;those initiated with a question word \u2013 and then we go over to the &#8220;yes-or-no&#8221; type. Read on. 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