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Note that in Spanish when you talk about things that you like in general, you need to say the equivalent of I like the gazpacho , I don’t like the ham even though in English it’s I like gazpacho and I don’t like ham .

If you have specific dietary requirements, you can sometimes describe them using soy( I’m ).

You may want to make suggestions to Spanish-speaking companions. One way to do this is to use podemosand podríamos( we can and we could ). podemosand podríamoscome from poder. For more information on poder, see here.

To ask a friend or young person if they would like something, you can use ¿Quieres…?( Would you like…? ). Alternatively, you can use ¿Te apetece…?( Do you fancy…? ) with a singular noun and ¿Te apetecen…?with a plural one.

Another way of making a suggestion is to use ¿Por qué no…?( Why don’t…? ).

You could also try making suggestions about where or what you should eat using ¿Qué te parece si…?or ¿Qué tal si…?, which both mean How about…?

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Don’t use unor unain front of otroand otra( another ). To say another glass of wine , for instance, you just say otra copa de vino.

To ask someone what they think, use ¿Crees que deberíamos…?( Do you think we should…? ).

If you’re unfortunate enough to have something to complain about, remember that estaris the verb to use to talk about temporary, changeable qualities. For more on serand estar, see here.

You may want to say that there’s too much of something or that there isn’t enough of something. You can use demasiadoand suficienteto do this.

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Don’t forget to change the endings of demasiadoand suficienteto go with the noun they describe. For more information on agreement of adjectives, see here.