Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning Spanish Conversation

As you’ll see from the last two examples, when talking about your reasons for being in Spain, you use estoyrather than soy.

¿Tienen…?( Have you got…? ) is the right verb form to use whenever asking if something is available in hotels, guesthouses, hostels, tourist offices, and so on. It is from the verb tener. For more information on tener, see here.

Use ¿Puede…?and ¿Podría…?( Can you…? and Could you…? ) when asking someone to do something. They are both from poder. For more information on poder, see here.

When asking for things in Spanish, very often all you need to do is use the present tense and make it a question: ¿Me da…?( Can I have…?).

¿LO SABÍAS?

When you ask for something extra in Spanish, such as two more towels más( more ) comes after what you’re asking for.

You’ll often need to let the people where you’re staying know about things you have to do, so that they can help you. To say what you have or need to do, use tengo que( I have to ) and the infinitive. tengois from the verb tener. For more information on tener, see here.

Wherever you stay you’ll need to find out what’s allowed and what isn’t, such as where you can park, where you can camp and so on. Use ¿Puedo…?( Can I…? ) and ¿Podemos…?( Can we…? ) to ask if you can do something. They’re both from the verb poder. For more information on poder, see here.

When talking about what kind of accommodation you like, remember that the Spanish for I like works rather differently from English. You use me gustawith singular words and me gustanwith plural ones.

And to say what you don’t like, you simply put the word noin front of me gustaor me gustan.

To say what you prefer, you can use prefiero( I’d prefer ).