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Spanish (Spain)

### The place where: **donde**

You already link a noun to a description with **que** (*el candidato que ganó*). When the noun is a **place** and the description says what happens there, use **donde**.

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### **donde** or **dónde**?

The accent is the whole difference. **¿Dónde?** asks a question — also inside a sentence, after *no sé* or *¿sabes…?*. **Donde**, without an accent, only links a place to what happens there.

| | form | example |
|---|---|---|
| question | **dónde** | ¿Dónde vives? / No sé dónde vive. |
| linking a place | **donde** | el pueblo donde vivo |

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### **el sitio**

**El sitio** is an everyday word for *the place* in Spain, as common as **el lugar**.

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### **donde** + infinitive

After *buscar* or *no tener*, **donde** + infinitive says *a place to …*.

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### Common mistakes

- *la casa que nací* → **la casa donde nací**: **que** alone cannot mean *where*.
- *la ciudad dónde trabajo* → **la ciudad donde trabajo**: no accent when it links.

### **como** / **cómo**, **cuando** / **cuándo**

The same accent rule works for **como** and **cuando**: with the accent they ask or exclaim, directly or inside another sentence (*¿**Cómo** te llamas?*, *¡**Cómo** llueve!*, *No sé **cuándo** llega*); without it they link two ideas (*Es alto **como** su padre*, ***Cuando** llego a casa, ceno*).

The place where (donde)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
where (relative, not a question)	donde
This is the house where I was born.	Esta es la casa donde nací.
The village where I live is very small.	El pueblo donde vivo es muy pequeño.
The city where I work is far away.	La ciudad donde trabajo está lejos.
It is the restaurant where we ate the other day.	Es el restaurante donde comimos el otro día.
That is the park where I played as a child.	Ese es el parque donde jugaba de pequeño.
The beach where we swam yesterday was full.	La playa donde nadamos ayer estaba llena.
Where is the shop where you buy the bread?	¿Dónde está la tienda donde compras el pan?
the place; room, space (there's room)	el sitio
I am looking for a place to park.	Busco un sitio donde aparcar.
This place is very quiet.	Este sitio es muy tranquilo.
I know a place where they make a very good paella.	Conozco un sitio donde hacen una paella muy buena.
It is the best place in the city.	Es el mejor sitio de la ciudad.
I do not know where the place is.	No sé dónde está el sitio.

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