Do interrogative words (que, cual, quien) take an accent when they are not used in questions ?Can you put an accent on the word qué or quién
when you use these in the middle of a sentence?
Generally, interrogative words such as que, cual, cuantos, etc. do not take accents in the middle of a sentence:
But, there are exceptions:
If you compare the above examples, you will find that in the exceptions, although the sentence does not end in a question mark, they imply an indirect question. To answer your question, the correct form would be: No supe qué le occurió. Sometimes the indirect question may be very obvious as in:
And at times, it may be less obvious:
In some cases, accents can change the meaning of a word. Compare the following sentences:
Similarly, como may mean like or as, but cómo may be translated as 'how':
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