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How do you say "Why are you here?" in Mexican Spanish?
¿Por qué estás aquí?
In Mexican Spanish, "Why are you here?" is ¿Por qué estás aquí?.
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Pronunciation
Por KAY es-TAS ah-KEE: por why is two words, está has stress on the last syllable, and aquí has stress on the last.
Grammar notes
Por qué is the interrogative phrase meaning why. Estás is the second person singular present tense of estar (you are). Aquí means here.
Example sentence
¿Por qué estás aquí?
Why are you here?
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How to remember ¿Por qué estás aquí?
Por qué literally means 'for what.' When asking why, you are asking the reason or purpose (for what reason).
Related words
- What can you do? ¿Qué puedes hacer?
- What can't you do? ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- What do you like? ¿Qué te gusta?
- What is the temperature on Thursday? ¿Qué temperatura hace el jueves?
- What is the weather on Monday? ¿Cómo está el clima el lunes?
- 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 personality? ¿Cuál es tu personalidad?
- Where are you from? ¿De dónde eres?
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Questions about ¿Por qué estás aquí?
How do you say "Why are you here?" in Mexican Spanish?
In Mexican Spanish, "Why are you here?" is ¿Por qué estás aquí?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Por qué estás aquí? written in Mexican Spanish?
¿Por qué estás aquí? is written using the standard Mexican Spanish script.
How is ¿Por qué estás aquí? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Por qué estás aquí? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: ¿Por qué estás aquí? (Why are you here?).
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"Why are you here?" in other languages
- Japanese なぜここにいるのですか？ (naze koko ni iru no desu ka ？)
- Korean 왜 여기에 있어요? (wae yeogie isseoyo?)
- Chinese 你为什么在这里? (nǐ wèi shén me zài zhè li ?)
- Spanish ¿Por qué estás aquí?
- French Pourquoi es-tu ici ?
- German Warum bist du hier?
- Italian Perché sei qui?
- Russian Почему ты здесь? (počemu ty zdesʹ?)
- Greek Γιατί είσαι εδώ; (yati ise edho)
- Arabic أنت هنا ليه؟ (inta hina lih?)
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