Using the Q: its spelling rules (with examples)

Using the Q

The letter Q is a consonant y is the eighteenth letter of the alphabet. In Spanish, there are very few words that contain this letter. For instance: whatEU, whatwho, whatuerer.

The letter Q is used to represent sounds:

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Examples of the different uses of the letter Q

1. Words that derive from others that are written with C are written with Q, followed by U, but the / k / sound is followed by an I.

• stool
• little boat
• kid
• little music
• a little

1. They are written with Q, followed by U, the verbs whose infinitive ends in -car and which are conjugated in the first person singular (I) of the simple past perfect, in all the people of the present subjunctive and in second person singular formal (you) or second person plural (you) of the imperative. This is because the / k / sound is followed by an E and if it were written with the letter C, the sound would not be KE, but SE.

• I approached
• I searched
• classify
• duplicate
• let's manufacture

1. In some cases, the letter Q may be followed by UA or UO. This happens with some
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   foreigners, that is, with words that come from other languages. Many of these foreign words are part of Latin voice overs. In this case, the letter U is pronounced.

• squash
• status quo (status of something)
• quid pro quo (to mistake one person for another)
• aquagym (water gymnastics)
• sine qua non (necessary requirement for something)

1. Some words are written with Q that can also be written with K.

• kilo / kilo
• kinesiologist / kinesiologist
• kiosk / kiosk
• Pekingese / Pekingese
• poker / poker

Sentences with words that are written with Q

1. ¿Want eat some cheese?
2. The boy made a little boat of paper.
3. It's necessary that modify the lawyer's name on the contract, because it is misspelled.
4. It is condition sine qua It is not necessary for all scholarship applicants to present their university degree when registering.
5. My neighbor has a dog pekingese.
6. They took their dog to the vet, because he was a little skinny.
7. I took out the wallpaper on the walls and painted them white.
8. ¿Who will be the protagonist of this movie?
9. For the clothes to be I know that faster, you have to put it in the sun.
10. The frankness It is one of the characteristics of the people that I value the most.

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