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How do you say "What can you do?" in Mexican Spanish?
¿Qué puedes hacer?
In Mexican Spanish, "What can you do?" is ¿Qué puedes hacer?.
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Pronunciation
Kay poo-EH-des ah-SER: puedes has stress on the first syllable, and hacer has stress on the second.
Grammar notes
Poder is an irregular -er verb meaning to can/be able to. Puedes is the second person singular (you can). Hacer is the infinitive (to do/make).
Example sentence
¿Qué puedes hacer para ayudarme?
What can you do to help me?
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How to remember ¿Qué puedes hacer?
Puedes comes from poder (to be able). Think of it as your ability to do things.
Related words
- What can't you do? ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- What do you hate? ¿Qué odias?
- What do you like? ¿Qué te gusta?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el jueves?
- What is the weather on Sunday? ¿Cómo está el clima el domingo?
- What is the weather on Wednesday? ¿Cómo está el clima el miércoles?
- What is your job? ¿En qué trabajas?
- When is your birthday? ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
- Why are you here? ¿Por qué estás aquí?
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Questions about ¿Qué puedes hacer?
How do you say "What can you do?" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "What can you do?" is ¿Qué puedes hacer?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué puedes hacer? written in Mexican Spanish?
¿Qué puedes hacer? is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué puedes hacer? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué puedes hacer? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: ¿Qué puedes hacer para ayudarme? (What can you do to help me?).
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"What can you do?" in other languages
- Japanese 何ができますか？ (nani ga dekimasu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 있어요? (mueoseul hal su itseoyo?)
- Chinese 你能做什么? (nǐ néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu peux faire ?
- German Was kannst du tun?
- Italian Cosa sai fare?
- Russian Что ты умеешь делать? (čto ty umeešʹ delatʹ?)
- Greek Τι μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti boris na kanis)
- Arabic أنت ممكن تعمل إيه؟ (inta mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh)
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