"Who are they?"

Oh! Thanks so much!

You've answered 4 my question before I asked. Thanks!

Thank you!!!

Very helpful

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ecbauer- Sometimes, duo gives the verb at infinitive- it's up to you to use the correct conjugaison

Ecbauer, your not the only one. :(

You must chose both correct answers. Quienes son ellos y quienes son ellas.

I got it as three answer choices, none of which were "quienes son ellos". If your exercise was to translate "who are they" and you responded "quienes son ellos" then DL should have accepted it.

I wrote quienes son ellos and it was correct so they must have changed it. This may also be a learning lesson for Duo Lingo. We are not the only ones getting better here,

That's exactly what I put and it was marked as correct on 12/20/14

I think you missed the accent mark. "Quienes" means "you want" whereas "Quiénes" (with the accent over the e) means to "who." Out loud they sound the same, but written they are different. This also applies to "que" and "qué."

Yeah I used Quienes son ellos? as the answer and it said it was wrong, BUT it was one of the CORRECT answer options! hahaha, makes no sense

From what I understand, "Quién" is to be used when the answer is expected to be in the singular e.g. "Who eats fish? He does." "Quiénes" is to be used when the answer is expected to be in the plural e.g. "Who are they? They are men."

What wenderen said is my understanding too. It appears that Spanish has a delineation between singular versus plural "who?" For singulars it uses "quién" whereas the plural seems to require the "-es" suffix

"Quiénes" is what must be paired with plural forms, therefore only option 3 is correct.

owljulie- both answers are correct

For it to accept it you have to click all that apply. So ellos and ellas would be the right answer

Yes. If it is not accepted, it has to be reported.

Why would you leave out “son"? You can often leave out (imply) a pronoun in Spanish, but you need the verb.

john- in your way, you're saying : Who they. Don't you think that the verb is missing? The verb can never be missing.

You have to follow the three rules. Rule 1: if a word ends in n, s, or vowel and is stressed on the last syllable it needs an accent Mark. Ex: limón, jamás, mamá. Rule 2: if a word is stressed on the second to last syllable and it does not end in n, s, or a vowel, it needs a accent mark. Ex: difícil, inútil, cárcel and Rule 3:Every word stressed on the third to last syllable needs an accent mark. Ex: pájaro, propósito. Sometimes words need it for a specific meaning. Ex: tu tú, se sé, si sí, etc.

I see your point, DanScho. If Quien eres is correct, then why not Quienes son? Logically, the latter would mean who are they, without any indication of whether "they" are male or female or both. I hope some native can answer this.

sí. However, because son is shared by both forms of "they" (ellos y ellas) AND ustedes, if it's not absolutely clear who you're talking about, you'd want to include the pronoun in order to remove any ambiguity.

If it's clear from the conversation that the question would be intended to mean "they" or "you all" then sure, you can drop the ellos, ellas o ustedes and just say "¿Quiénes son?". Otherwise, include it.

kofayi- ustedes is you plural, formal. They means, ellos not ustedes.

Why are you assuming that this question is asking anything other than what it is asking? “Who are they (those females)?" Nothing grammatically wrong with asking who those women are.

nicole- ellos and ellas are good answers for they, without context.