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¿Quiénes son las chicas?

¿Quiénes son las chicas?
Who are the girls?
From Lesson 21:What and who (qué, quién)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¿Quiénes son las chicas?

Why is it quiénes instead of just quién?
In Spanish, the word for "who" changes depending on whether you are asking about one person or multiple people. Because we are asking about "the girls" (las chicas), which is plural, we must use the plural form quiénes. If you were asking about just one girl, you would use the singular: ¿Quién es la chica?
Since we are talking about girls, does quiénes have a feminine form?
No, quién and quiénes only change based on number (singular or plural). They do not change for gender. You use quiénes whether you are asking about a group of girls or a group of boys.
Why do we use son here instead of es?
Son means "are" (for the "they" form of the verb ser). Because the subject of our sentence is las chicas (the girls), which is a plural "they", we have to use the matching plural verb son. If the question was about one girl, we would use es.
Why is there an accent mark on Quiénes?
In Spanish, all question words—like qué (what) and quién/quiénes (who)—always have a written accent mark. This rule helps distinguish them from identical words used in the middle of normal sentences.

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