Breakdown of Estoy indeciso y no sé a quién preguntar sobre mi vocación.
y
and
no
no, not
estar
to be (location/state)
mi
my
quién
who (singular)
saber
to know (facts) / to hear from (someone)
preguntar
to ask
sobre
on / over / about (a topic)
indeciso
undecided
la vocación
vocation / calling
a
personal 'a' (marks a human direct object)
Questions & Answers about Estoy indeciso y no sé a quién preguntar sobre mi vocación.
Why do we use the infinitive preguntar here instead of a conjugated verb?
When the person who doesn't know is the same person who will do the action, Spanish pairs the question word directly with an infinitive. Since you are the one who doesn't know and you are the one who will ask, no sé a quién preguntar is the standard way to express 'I do not know who to ask.'
Why is there an a before quién?
In Spanish, you ask a question to someone. Because the person receiving the question is the indirect object of the verb preguntar, you must use the preposition a. Therefore, 'who to ask' translates to a quién preguntar.
Why does quién have an accent mark if there are no question marks in the sentence?
Question words like qué, quién, and dónde always keep their written accent marks when they introduce an indirect question. Even though it is embedded in a regular statement, a quién preguntar is still an indirect question, so the accent remains.
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