Airport & Customs

1. Amuese'l pasaporte, por favor

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   The polite way an officer asks to see your passport at immigration or the gate

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. A command to usté ends in -e (amosar becomes amuese). After a vowel the article el shrinks to 'l

2. ¿Cuál ye'l motivu de la so visita?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   The question an immigration officer asks about why you are visiting

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Ye is the verb ser. Motivu ends in -u, not Spanish -o. The possessive for usté is so, which does not change for gender or number

3. ¿Cuántes nueches pensa quedase?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Asked at immigration about the length of your stay; answer with a number such as Tres nueches

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Nueche is feminine, so the plural is nueches and the question word becomes cuántes. The pronoun se attaches after the infinitive (quedase)

4. ¿Tien daqué que declarar?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   The customs question about goods that are taxable or restricted

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Tien is the usté form (tienes for a friend). Daqué is the word for something; Spanish algo is not used

5. El mio equipaxe entá nun llegó

   My luggage hasn't arrived yet

   Usage

   Telling staff at baggage claim that your bag has not come out

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The x in equipaxe is read /ʃ/ (not Spanish j). Mio does not change for gender or number. The negative nun goes before the verb

6. Esto ye equipaxe de mano

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Explaining at security or the gate that a bag is for the cabin

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The third person of ser is ye, not Spanish es. Hand luggage is equipaxe de mano

7. Toi en tránsitu

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Telling staff that you are only changing planes and not entering the country

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The first person of estar is toi, not Spanish estoy. Tránsitu ends in -u

8. ¿Ónde ta la puerta d'embarque?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Asking staff where the gate on your boarding pass is

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Where is ónde, not Spanish dónde. De becomes d' before a vowel

9. ¿Cuándo entama l'embarque?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Asking when boarding opens

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. To begin is entamar, not Spanish empezar. The article el becomes l' before a vowel

10. ¿Ónde ta la tienda llibre d'impuestos?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Asking where the duty-free shop is after passing security

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Free is llibre with ll- (not Spanish libre). The plural of impuestu is impuestos

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