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¿Son médicas las mujeres?

¿Son médicas las mujeres?
Are the women doctors?
From Lesson 7:Yes/no questions·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Son médicas las mujeres?

ser
to be
la mujer
the woman / the wife
la médica
the doctor

Questions & Answers about ¿Son médicas las mujeres?

Why are the words in this order: verb, profession, then subject?
In Spanish yes/no questions, the subject (las mujeres) usually moves after the verb (son). You can put it right after the verb (¿Son las mujeres médicas?) or at the very end (¿Son médicas las mujeres?), which is what happens in this sentence. Both are perfectly natural!
Why do we need the upside-down question mark (¿) at the beginning?
Because Spanish questions can often have the exact same word order as regular statements! The ¿ is a handy warning that tells you right from the start to read the sentence with a rising, questioning tone of voice.
Why is there no article before médicas?
When stating someone's profession with the verb ser (to be), Spanish doesn't use articles like 'a' or 'some'. You just use the profession word by itself without an article.
Why use médicas instead of médicos?
Words for professions change to match the gender and number of the people they describe. Since las mujeres (the women) is feminine and plural, the profession word must also be feminine and plural (médicas).

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