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How do you say "What can't you do?" in Spanish?
¿Qué no puedes hacer?
In Spanish, "What can't you do?" is ¿Qué no puedes hacer?.
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Pronunciation
Say KAY no poo-EH-des AH-ser. The no precedes the verb.
Grammar notes
Adding no before puedes makes it negative. The stem change still happens in the puedes form.
Example sentence
Que no puedes hacer en la clase.
What can't you do in class.
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How to remember ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
NO PUEDES = what you cannot do. Negate poder by placing no before it.
Related words
- What do you dislike? ¿Qué no te gusta?
- What do you love? ¿Qué es lo que amas?
- What do you want? ¿Qué quieres?
- What is the temperature? ¿Cuál es la temperatura?
- What is the temperature on Friday? ¿Cuál es la temperatura del viernes?
- What is the temperature on Sunday? ¿Cuál es la temperatura del domingo?
- What is the weather? ¿Qué tiempo hace?
- What is the weather on Monday? ¿Qué tiempo hará el lunes?
- What is the weather on Saturday? ¿Qué tiempo hará el sábado?
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Questions about ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
How do you say "What can't you do?" in Spanish?
In Spanish, "What can't you do?" is ¿Qué no puedes hacer?. It is a noun.
How is ¿Qué no puedes hacer? written in Spanish?
¿Qué no puedes hacer? is written using the standard Spanish script.
How is ¿Qué no puedes hacer? used in a sentence?
Use ¿Qué no puedes hacer? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Que no puedes hacer en la clase. (What can't you do in class.).
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"What can't you do?" in other languages
- Japanese できないことは何ですか？ (dekinai koto wa nan desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 없어요? (mueoseul hal su eopsseoyo?)
- Chinese 你不能做什么? (nǐ bù néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu ne peux pas faire ?
- German Was kannst du nicht tun?
- Italian Cosa non sai fare?
- Russian Что ты не умеешь делать? (čto ty ne umeešʹ delatʹ?)
- Greek Τι δεν μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti dhen boris na kanis)
- Arabic أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟ (inta mish mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh)
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