Questions & Answers about ¿Quién lava las tazas?
If I want to replace las tazas with a pronoun to say 'Who washes them?', how do I do that?
To replace the feminine plural noun las tazas (the cups) with "them", you use the matching pronoun las. In Spanish, this direct object pronoun must go right before the conjugated verb. So, "Who washes them?" becomes ¿Quién las lava?
Why does quién use the he/she/it verb form lava?
The question word quién (who) is singular, so it takes the singular "he/she/it" verb ending. This is exactly like English, where we say "Who washes..." (singular) rather than "Who wash...".
Can quién ever be plural if I know multiple people are washing the cups?
Does tazas refer to any kind of cup?
A taza specifically means a cup with a handle, like a coffee mug or a teacup used for hot drinks. If you are talking about a drinking glass for water or cold drinks, you would use the word vaso.
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