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Topic: Spanish

"Does the hat cost thirteen dollars?"

Translation:¿El sombrero cuesta trece dólares?

4 months ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/duovivo2
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I believe it should be acceptable to swap the subject and verb here and say: "¿Cuesta el sombrero trece dólares?" Right?

4 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/rgonnering
rgonnering
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That's what I did, but it was marked wrong. I am not sure why.

2 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/alezzzix
alezzzix
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Grammatically correct, but unnatural.

2 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Kelly_Importa
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It is perfectly acceptable to place the interrogative verb at the beginning of the sentence - IMHO.

2 months ago
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