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Watch this video and then read the explanations.
Mira el vídeo y luego lee las explicaciones. Ten mucho cuidado con esta construcción porque los hispanohablantes suelen hacerla mal. Recuerda que si hay signo de interrogación hay una, y sólo una inversión, y si no hay signo de interrogación no hay inversión:
- Who is that man? = ¿quién es ese hombre? 
los dos idiomas invierten
- I don't know who that man is = No sé quién es ese hombre el español sigue invirtiendo pero el inglés no, porque no está preguntando.
- Do you know who that man is? = ¿sabe usted quién es ese hombre? el español invierte los dos verbos de la pregunta, pero el inglés sólo invierte el primer verbo, que es el que pregunta, el segundo no.
Ahora lee las explicaciones en inglés.
Report mistakesAn embedded question is a question inserted inside a sentence. In English, questions always have inversion (the verb goes before the subject), but embedded questions have no inversion because they are not real questions.
affirmative You are Joshua
interrogative Who are you?
embedded question I don't know who you are. (we can't say I don't know who you are because I'm not asking a question)
An embedded question may go inside another question. In that case, the real question (the first) has inversion, and the embedded question (the second) doesn't One question = One inversion (never more):
question Where is Sofia?
embedded question Do you know where Sofia is?
Many languages use inversion for real questions and for embedded question, so if your language is like that, be careful.
MORE EXPAMPLES
When will you come here? I have no idea when he you will come here
How do you open this? She wanted to know how you open that
Where did you go yesterday She asked me where I went the day before
What is John doing here I want to know what John is doing here
When did she learn how to ride? I can't remember when she learnt how to ride
Why do leaves change colour in autumn? I don't know why leaves change colour in autumn
What does your sister want? I don't know what my sister wants
In unit 1 we saw a song called "What's your name", by Usher. Listen to that song again and pay attention to a sentence he uses with an embedded question:
- What's your name? I wanna know who you are. (wanna = want to)
- Who are you? question
- I wanna know who you are embedded question
Watch Usher's video:
