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"Who eats fish?"
Translation:¿Quién come pescado?
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If I were to use "quiénes" would I have to say "comen" instead of "come"?
Yes thats correct, the verb is acting on the person rather than the subject
Quien = singular Come = singular Quienes = plural Comen = plural
If you use singular you must stay consistent through your sentence and same applies when using plural. Quien comen = wrong but Quienes comen = right and vise versa.
In terms of fish (pescado) I know that in English you use 'fish' for both singular and plural regardless of how many fish you are referring to. I am a native English speaker and notice many children and adults making the mistake of referring to multiple fish as "fishs" or "fishes".
I could be wrong but for that reason I'm guessing pescados is an incorrect word too .
'Pescados' is a correct word. In English there is no separate word for the plural form of 'fish' doesn't mean it would be the same in Spanish. Don't compare any two languages, every language has its own rule and you have to learn it by that way.
'Pescados' is the plural form of 'pescado'
what's the difference between Quién come and Quiénes comen? Since the translation is always "Who eats" ?
Quién come is about a single person, whereas "Quiénes comen" is about multiple people (something like "Who among you eats fish?")
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It seems to me like the difference would be, for example, between A. knowing that one of your kids eats fish but you aren't sure which one so are trying to figure out, "quién come pescado" versus B. in a crowd asking "okay, who all here eats fish?" which would use the plural option.
The second plural version would translate as "Who all eat fish?" with the English plural verb eat, rather than the singular English verb eats.
why is the qué come pescado wrong? i mean, it coud be an animal who eats fish
That would be if you were asked "what eats fish?" People are who, things are what.
In Spanish (and to most English speakers also) non human species are treated as what's not who's. Personification would be the exception. Yogi bear for example.
How would you say "Are you eating fish?" or "Do you eat fish?" if you were asking these questions to one friend?
For "are you eating fish" you can say "¿estas comiendo pescado?" And "do you eat fish?" Should translate to "comes pescado?" hope it helps.
Im really confused with the way to use "Quienes" can someone help me... Por favor
What about if you were asking but you didn't know if the answer was one person or many. Would you say 'Quien come' or 'Quienes comen'?
Also is it ever correct to say 'Quien comes', 'Quien como' or 'Quienes comemos'? I'm guessing they dont make sense?
If you are not sure whether the answer could be just one person or many then in those cases as well you have to use the plural form, which in this case would be "quienes comen?"
“¿Quién comes pescado?" is grammatically incorrect. “¿Quién comes?" is wrong because it's cannibalism! :D
Ok, I get why the sentence is correct, but why does it have to follow the formal "come"? Why can't it be the informal "comes"?
It's not a question addressing "you". Otherwise, it would be "do you eat fish?" The "come" in this sentence is not for the formal "you", but rather "he/she/it".
What's the difference between "Quién come pescado?" and "Quien come pescado?" Why do both answers work?
When inside a question, you are supposed to use quién. However, Duolingo accepts both because it is not finicky about accent marks.
