A former resident of Connecticut, Nathan Rotenberg currently provides critical care transport solutions as a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System team. Passionate about travel and photography, Nathan Rotenberg is in the process of learning to speak Spanish fluently.

One of the most versatile words in the Spanish language is “que,” which, in its accented form, is always part of a question. In many cases, it means “what,” such as in “que pasa?” (“what happened?”). In other cases, it means “which,” as in “que color prefieres?” (“which color do you prefer?”). It can also be used as an interjection in its accented form, as with “que maravilloso,” (“how wonderful”).

Without an accent, que is often translated as “that,” as with “la ciudad que mas me gusto fue Paris” (“Paris is the city that I like the most”). It can also be employed as “than,” as with “su perro es mayor que el” (“his dog is older than him”) There are many other situation-specific usages of que, with meanings such as “to,” “who,” “so," and “let.”