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Spanish often uses the words cuál and cómo to form common questions.

¿Cuál ... ? is used to ask for specific information, especially before the verb ser. For example:

• ¿Cuál es tu nombre? – What is your name?

• ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? – What is your phone number?

¿Cómo ... ? is used to ask how something is done, spelled, or pronounced. For example:

• ¿Cómo te llamas? – What's your name?

• ¿Cómo se escribe? – How is it spelled?

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Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

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¿BLANK es tu nacionalidad?

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Cuál

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This word is used before the verb ser to ask for specific information. Make sure to include the accent mark on the letter á.

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Cuál is used to ask for specific information, especially before the verb ser.

Es comes from the verb ser and agrees with nacionalidad.

Tu shows that the speaker is asking one person.

This question follows the common structure ¿Cuál es tu + noun? For example:

• ¿Cuál es tu nombre? - What is your name?

• ¿Cuál es tu nacionalidad? - What's your nationality?

Here, Ángela asks for specific personal information: Esteban's nationality.

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