Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¿Dónde termina la calle?

¿Dónde termina la calle?

Where does the street end?

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Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde termina la calle?

Why does dónde have an accent mark?

In Spanish, all question words—like dónde (where), cómo (how), and cuándo (when)—must have a written accent mark. This rule applies to any word used to ask a question, which helps tell them apart from the exact same words when they are used in regular statements.

Where is the word 'does' in the Spanish sentence?

Spanish doesn't use helper verbs like 'do' or 'does' to make questions. The single verb termina covers both 'ends' and 'does end'.

Why is the order termina la calle instead of la calle termina?

In Spanish questions, the verb usually comes right after the question word. So instead of keeping the normal statement order (¿Dónde la calle termina?), you swap the subject and the verb to get ¿Dónde termina la calle? (literally: 'Where ends the street?').

Why does the verb terminar change to termina here?

Termina is the 'it' form of the regular verb terminar (to end or finish). Since la calle (the street) is the subject doing the action, we use the matching form that drops the -ar and adds an -a.