Thursday, December 19, 2019

Yet more Spanish words: mother, man, waiter, Spanish, American


My name is .. ..........
a woman - una mujer
a man - un hombre

mother (see below)
the mother
the waiter
the waitress


Me llamo ............

 madre

La madre

El camarero

la camarera

National Origin/Residence/Work
I am - yo soy
English - Inglés (Remember the department store in Malaga, Spain, called El Corte Inglés) 
Are you Spanish?
From which city?
I am English /American -

Origen nacional / Residencia / Trabajo

¿Es usted español?

¿De que ciudad?

Soy inglés / americano - yo soy

Claiming A Reserved Table
I have a reservation/reserved - a table for  - yo tenga una reserva - una mesa para 
one,two,three - uno, dos, tres
four/five/six/seven/
eight/nine/ten - 
Can we sit over there?
I need a plate / another plate
I need/we need another glass



Reclamar una tabla reservada

Tengo una reserva / reservada - una mesa para - yo tengo una reserva - una mesa para

uno, dos, tres - uno, dos, tres

cuatro / cinco / seis / siete /

ocho nueve DIEZ -

¿Podemos sentarnos allí?

Necesito un plato / otro plato

Necesito / necesitamos otro vaso

Agua Y Vino, Vasos Y Vajilla

Me gustaría / un vaso de agua - un vaso agua (vaso es vidrio no florero)

Water And Wine, Glasses & Crockery
I would like / a glass of water - un vaso agua (vaso is glass not vase) 
I am going to order - voya pedir
bottle of wine - botella de vino
This is red wine -
I need  - yo necesita

Do you have a wine list?
Do you have wine by the glass?

Ordering - words and phrases
I don't eat pork
I am allergic to shellfish

May we order
I need a menu

Do you have a wine list?
Do you have wine by the glass?

Voy a ordenar - voya pedir

botella de vino - botella de vino

Esto es vino tinto

Yo necesito

Ordenar - palabras y frases

Yo no como cerdo

Soy alérgica a los mariscos

Podemos ordenar

Necesito un menu

¿Tienes una carta de vinos?
....... ... .... .. .... (You fill this in!)


About The Author

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, blogger, author of 20 books including an ebook on Improve Your English, from Amazon, and teacher of English and Business English and other languages to individuals, colleges and companies. For more information on learning languages see the previous posts. For information on sites to see in Spain and Portugal see the other posts. Please bookmark your favourite posts and share the links with your family, friends and colleagues.




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