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interrogative mood

/ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv muːd/

Traducción: Modo gramatical utilizado para formular preguntas, que suele implicar la inversión del sujeto y el verbo auxiliar o el uso de palabras interrogativas como 'quién', 'qué', 'dónde', 'cuándo', 'por qué' o 'cómo'.

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/ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv muːd/C1formal
  • esModo gramatical utilizado para formular preguntas, que suele implicar la inversión del sujeto y el verbo auxiliar o el uso de palabras interrogativas como 'quién', 'qué', 'dónde', 'cuándo', 'por qué' o 'cómo'.

A grammatical mood used to ask questions, typically involving inversion of subject and auxiliary verb or the use of interrogative words such as 'who', 'what', 'where', 'when', 'why', or 'how'.

  1. Grammatical mood for questionsB2formal

    A grammatical mood used to form questions, typically involving inversion of subject and auxiliary verb or the use of question words.

    esmodo interrogativo

    • In English, the interrogative mood often requires an auxiliary verb, as in 'Do you like coffee?'
    • The interrogative mood can be formed with question words like 'who', 'what', 'where', 'when', 'why', and 'how'.
    • Changing a statement to the interrogative mood usually involves subject-auxiliary inversion.