Learning Spanish – Phrases (3)
July 30th, 2007 - Sandra MarshallMonday morning Spanish: 10 phrases to try out for this week and more grammar tips:
Phrases:
¿Te gustarÃa tomar un café? – would you like a coffee?
Si, gracias y me gustarÃa un postre también – yes, thank you, and I’d like a desert too
¿Lo tomas tu café con leche o con azúcar? – do you take your coffee with milk or sugar?
No gracias, lo tomo ni con leche ni con az̼car tampoco РI take it without milk or sugar
¿Desde cuándo (ustedes) tienen su gato? – how long have you (plural) had your cat?
(Nosotros) tenemos nuestro gato desde hace ocho meses – we have had our cat for eight months
¿Qué vas a hacer hoy? – what are you going to do today?
Voy a ir a El Ejido – I am going to go to El Ejido
Tengo que comprar unas cosas – I must buy some things
No puedo comprarlas en Almerimar – I cannot buy them in Almerimar
NB. The pronouns: ustedes (you formal) and nosotros (we) are optional here as the form of the verbs tells us who we are referring to. They are usually used in Spanish to add more emphasis.
NB. También (also, too, as well) tends to come at the end of a positive sentence, which would normally start with ‘si’. Tampoco (either, neither) tends to come at the end of a negative sentence starting with ‘no’.
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