"Does the hat cost thirteen dollars?"

Translation: ¿El sombrero cuesta trece dólares?

[duovivo2]

I believe it should be acceptable to swap the subject and verb here and say:
"¿Cuesta el sombrero trece dólares?"
Right?

[AlejandroL800568]

I am spanish native and you are rigth "cuesta el sombrero...." is rigth

[alezzzix]

Grammatically correct, but unnatural.

[Pratospicantes]

Thank you Alezzix. I always look for your posts. It's good to hear from a native speaker on usage.

[Marcus128364]

Pardon the off-topic question, but why do native Spanish speakers actually take the Spanish course? Is this a way to reinforce your knowledge of English, as a kind of reverse-learning method? Just curious if we should all sign up for the English-for-Spanish-speakers course if and when we get to the end of the Spanish course?

[fehrerdef]

exactly. This is called "doing the reverse tree".

[Agustina352994]

It can be acceptable but it sounds weird, we generally say it as the exercise says. (I'm from Argentina I really can't remember a synonymous for "say" I'm sorry twt)

[erickgraham1]

Right

[moosy.db]

Yes, I agree

[Balthesaur]

Is it always 'Cuesta' with an 'A'?

[Pratospicantes]

Cuesta - it costs

If you have a plural subjects (like sombreros) it would be cuestan.

[Summer127688]

Thank you!

[Nonie382966]

Same question and thanks to Platospicantes for his answer

[RobertoEPC]

En español, al hacer oraciones interrogativas, se invierten el sujeto y el verbo, quedando este último primero. Esto es, la pregunta debe ser ¿Cuesta el sombrero trece dólares?

[Mrs.Bennet-Darcy]

why not cuesto? Because sombrero is masculine

[fehrerdef]

Verbs have nothing to do with gender. The verb endings determine the persons. "cuesta" means "(he/she/it) costs". "cuesto" would mean "I cost", which is clearly not appropriate here.

[Mrs.Bennet-Darcy]

Thanks a lot @fehrerdef !

[Hannah29724]

why not cuestan?

[fehrerdef]

Because that is plural But we are talking about only one hat.

[Sasa113501]

There are no ¿ ?