B1 (¡Ya le agarras la onda!)Used EVERYWHERE 🇲🇽Standard Spanish 😌
🧠 What it means
OK, so this one’s like a grammar-chunk hybrid, but I thought I’d include it because it’s a bit of a feisty one.
So basically, some verbs are ALWAYS glued to the preposition a when they take an object:
Huele a chocolate. (oler a )Vine a verte. (venir a)
Now, if you form a what question with these verbs, you’ve gotta keep the a and add a qué:
Huele a chocolate → ¿A qué huele?Vine a verte → ¿A qué viniste?
In summary, a qué is:
👉 Used to form questions with verbs that take a.
And, well, that’s all there is to it! 🥳
🌪️ When to whip it out
Whenever you want to form a question with one of those verbs that are always used with an a:
¿A qué están jugando?
What are they playing at? (jugar a)
¿A qué viniste?
What brings you here? (venir a)
¿A qué se dedica tu hermano?
What does your brother do for a living? (dedicarse a)