Word
¿Quién es esa chica?
Meaning
Who is that girl?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of ¿Quién es esa chica?
ser
to be
quién
who (singular)
esa
that (feminine)
la chica
the girl (older / teenager)
Questions & Answers about ¿Quién es esa chica?
Could I use Quiénes instead of Quién here?
No, because quiénes is the plural form of who. We use the singular quién here because we are asking about one person (esa chica). If you were asking about a group of girls, you would ask, ¿Quiénes son esas chicas?
Why does Quién have an accent mark?
In Spanish, question words like qué (what) and quién (who) always get an accent mark when they are used to ask a question. This helps tell them apart from the exact same words when they are used as connectors in normal sentences.
Why do we use esa instead of ese for "that"?
Esa is the feminine form of "that". Because chica (girl) is a feminine noun, the word for "that" must match its gender. If you were asking about a boy, you would use the masculine form: ¿Quién es ese chico?