Polite Spanish Introductions
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| 1. Can I have…? | 2. Do you have…? |
| 3. Can you…? | 4. I don’t want to… |
If you are in a situation where you need some kind of help, it is important that you know how to ask for things. When you have a problem, a very natural way to ask for things that you need in Spanish is using ¿Me da…? (Can I have ?…).
| Por favor, ¿me da el número de la policía? | Can I have the phone number for the police, please? |
| Por favor, ¿me da un informe para mi seguro? | Please can I have a report for my insurer? |
| Me da un cubo para recoger el agua? | Can I have a bucket to catch the water? |
Tienen…? (Do you have…?) is the right verb form to use whenever asking if something is available in a shop, office or other establishment.
Tip: Use Puede…? or Podría…? (Can you…? or Could you…?) to ask if someone can do something for you.
| Tienen pinzas para recargar la batería? | Do you have jump leads? |
| Oiga, perdone, tienen oficina de objetos perdidos? | Excuse me, do you have a lost property office? |
| Por favor, ¿tienen este documento en inglés? | Excuse me, do you have this document available in English? |
Use Puede…? or Podría…? (Can you…? or Could you…?) to ask if someone can do something for you.
| Por favor, puede ayudarme? | Can you help me, please? |
| Puede llamar a la policía? | Can you call the police? |
| Me podría mostrar cómo funciona la ducha? | Could you show me how the shower works? |
| Podría recomendarme un abogado? | Could you recommend a lawyer? |
To resolve your problem or difficulty you’ll need to be able to say what you want to do or what you’d like to happen to get it fixed. To do this, you can use either quiero or quisiera (I’d like). They are both from the verb querer. For more information on querer
| No quiero dejar aquí el coche. | I don’t want to leave my car here. |
| No quiero molestarle demasiado. | I don’t want to put you to a lot of trouble. |
| No queremos ir al hotel sin nuestras maletas. | We don’t want to go to the hotel without our luggage. |
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