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Quick and easy Spanish grammar question...?
I know that "Whose are they?" is "De quienes son?"
If I wanted to say "Whose pencils are they?" do I drop the son when introducing the noun?
That is, would it be "De quienes son los lapices?" or just "De quienes los lapices?"
Probably a ridiculous question, but I'm just starting out and I'm terrible at foreign languages. Thanks for any help!
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
the correct is "De quienes son los lapices?"
because SON is the verb ARE to plural, as SON is for USTEDES, ELLOS and ELLAS, ARE is for THEY and YOU.
"De quienes los lapices?" its a phrase without verb, it becames like "Whose pencils they?"
:)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You have to put "SON" meaning "are" in there, because without the verb, there's no sentence.
Source(s): native speaker