Business & Work

1. Quixera concertar una reunión.

   I'd like to schedule a meeting.

   Usage

   A polite way to ask a business contact for a meeting

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Quixera is a softer, more polite form than quiero (x is pronounced /ʃ/). Xuntanza is another word for a gathering

2. Permítame dar-y la mio tarxeta de visita.

   Let me give you my business card.

   Usage

   A formal phrase for handing over a business card

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To you" for a polite person (usté) is the ending -y on the verb (dar-y). The x in tarxeta is /ʃ/

3. Toi equí pa una conferencia.

   I'm here for a conference.

   Usage

   Explaining at immigration or reception that you are attending a conference

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "I am" is toi (not Spanish estoy), and "for" is the short form pa (Spanish para)

4. ¿Pue dame un recibu d'esti gastu?

   Could I have a receipt for this expense?

   Usage

   Asking for a receipt to claim a business expense

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "This" before a masculine noun is esti (not Spanish este). De shortens to d' before it

5. ¿Ónde ta l'espaciu de coworking más cercanu?

   Where is the nearest coworking space?

   Usage

   Asking where to find a shared workspace while travelling for work

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Where" is ónde, "space" is espaciu and "near" is cercanu (masculine forms end in -u). Coworking is kept as a loanword

6. Tengo una reunión a les tres.

   I have a meeting at three o'clock.

   Usage

   Stating the time of a scheduled meeting

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "At ... o'clock" is a les + number. The feminine plural article is les (not Spanish las)

7. ¿Podemos falar d'esto tomando un café?

   Can we discuss this over coffee?

   Usage

   Suggesting a more relaxed talk over a coffee

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To talk" is falar (Spanish hablar has h where Asturian has f). De + esto contracts to d'esto

8. Por favor, únvieme'l contratu per corréu electrónicu.

   Please send me the contract by email.

   Usage

   Politely asking for a contract or document to be emailed

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To send" is unviar, and the usté command is únvie (the stress moves). The preposition is per, and el shortens to 'l after -me

9. Tengo ganes de trabayar con usté.

   I look forward to working with you.

   Usage

   Expressing enthusiasm about a new business partnership

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To work" is trabayar (Spanish trabajar has j where Asturian has y). The polite "you" is usté, without a d

10. ¿Tienen una sala de conferencies disponible?

    Do you have a conference room available?

    Usage

    Asking a hotel or office whether a meeting room is free

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. The feminine plural ends in -es (conferencies). Tienen is used because you are addressing the staff as a group

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