Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¿La niña bebe leche?

¿La niña bebe leche?

Does the girl drink milk?

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Questions & Answers about ¿La niña bebe leche?

How do we get bebe from the verb beber?

Beber (to drink) is a regular -er verb. To talk about "he," "she," or "it" (in this case, la niña), you drop the -er ending and add -e. That gives us bebe.

Where is the word for "Does" in this question?

Spanish doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to ask questions. You simply take the normal statement (La niña bebe leche meaning "The girl drinks milk") and add question marks and a rising tone of voice to make it a question.

I learned that tomar also means "to drink." Could I use that instead?

Yes! In Latin America, it is actually much more common to use tomar for drinking. You will often hear ¿La niña toma leche? Both are correct, but this lesson focuses on practicing regular -er verbs like beber.

Why don't we say bebe la leche?

Just like in English, when you are talking about an uncountable thing in general ("milk") rather than a specific batch ("the milk"), you can leave the word for "the" out. She is drinking milk (bebe leche), not a specific glass of milk (bebe la leche).