Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¿Cómo haces la cama?

Question words in Spanish, like cómo, cuándo, and por qué, always take an accent mark. This helps tell them apart from other words that are spelled the same. Without the accent, como means 'as', 'like', or 'I eat'.

Why is the verb haces used here for 'make'? I thought it meant 'do'.

The Spanish verb hacer means both 'to do' and 'to make'. You just use the context to decide which translation fits best in English. In this case, 'make the bed' makes sense, while 'do the bed' doesn't!

Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?

It is built right into the verb! The -es ending on haces specifically means 'you make' or 'you do' (informal singular). While you could say ¿Cómo haces tú la cama?, native speakers usually drop the tú because the verb ending already makes it clear who is doing the action.

Why is there an upside-down question mark at the beginning?

In Spanish, written questions must always begin with an inverted question mark (¿) and end with a standard one (?). This is very helpful when reading aloud because it tells you exactly when to change your tone of voice for a question.