Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning Spanish Conversation

As in the first example above, when saying how long you’ll need your room for , you use para.

Before choosing your accommodation, you’ll want to find out some basic information by asking Is it near?, Is it expensive? and so forth. Don’t forget that Spanish has two verbs for to be : serand estar. You use serto talk about how things are permanently and estarto talk about temporary states and where things are located. For more information on these two verbs, see here.

The way to ask what something is like in Spanish is to use ¿Cómo…?( How…? ) and the verb ser.

You can use ¿Cuánto cuesta…?( How much is…? ) to ask the price of something.

When deciding where to stay, you’ll need to find out what facilities are on offer. Remember that asking Is there…? and Are there…? in Spanish couldn’t be easier. The word ¿Hay…?covers them both.

Once you’re in your accommodation one of the first things you’ll need to do is find out where things are. Remember that when you use ¿Dónde…?( Where…? ), estaris the verb you generally use with it.

To find out what time services are available where you’re staying, the phrase you need is ¿A qué hora…?meaning At what time …?.

To find out whether you can do something, use ¿Puedo…?or ¿Se puede…?( Can I…? ). They are both from the verb poder. For more information on poder, see here.

Wherever you stay you’ll probably need to give some basic information about yourself, such as your name and nationality.

¿LO SABÍAS?