Convenience Store

1. ¿Tán abiertos les 24 hores?

   Are you open 24 hours?

   Usage

   Checking whether the shop is open around the clock

   Grammar Note

   Third plural of tar is tán (Spanish están). Hores is feminine plural in -es, so it takes les. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. ¿Hai un mínimu pa pagar cola tarxeta?

   Is there a minimum for paying by card?

   Usage

   Checking for a minimum spend on card payments

   Grammar Note

   Cola is con + la. Tarxeta is spelled with x. Mínimu is a masculine noun in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. Cola tarxeta, dende cinco euros.

   By card, from five euros.

   Usage

   A typical answer from the cashier about the card minimum (for listening)

   Grammar Note

   "From" is dende (Spanish desde). The number stays cinco. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. ¿Pue dame una bolsa, por favor?

   Could I have a bag, please?

   Usage

   Asking for a carrier bag at the till

   Grammar Note

   Usté takes Pue, and me follows the infinitive (dame). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Necesita bolsa? Cuesta quince céntimos.

   Do you need a bag? It costs fifteen cents.

   Usage

   What a cashier says when carrier bags are charged (for listening)

   Grammar Note

   A question to usté uses the third-person singular (Necesita). A price is Cuesta plus the amount. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. ¿Pue amosame un documentu d'identidá?

   Can you show me an ID?

   Usage

   Used when ID is asked for, for example for alcohol or tobacco

   Grammar Note

   "To show" is amosar (a different word from Spanish mostrar). Identidad becomes identidá. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. ¿Hasta qué hora venden alcohol?

   Until what time do you sell alcohol?

   Usage

   Checking the cut-off hour for alcohol sales

   Grammar Note

   Venden is third plural of vender; the shop is the implied subject. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. El tabacu namái se vende nel estancu.

   Tobacco is only sold at the tobacconist.

   Usage

   Explaining why a shop does not sell cigarettes (for listening)

   Grammar Note

   Nel is en + el. Tabacu is masculine in -u. Se vende means "is sold". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. ¿Puedo recargar el saldu del móvil equí?

   Can I top up my mobile credit here?

   Usage

   Topping up a prepaid phone

   Grammar Note

   Saldu is a masculine noun in -u. "Here" is equí. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. ¿Puedo pagar el recibu de la lluz equí?

    Can I pay my electricity bill here?

    Usage

    Asking whether utility bills can be paid in the shop

    Grammar Note

    Lluz starts with ll- (Spanish luz). Recibu is a masculine noun in -u, used for a bill or a receipt. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

11. ¿Tienen bocadillos fechos?

    Do you have ready-made sandwiches?

    Usage

    Looking for a quick ready-made snack

    Grammar Note

    The participle of facer is fechu (plural fechos), unlike Spanish hecho. The plural of bocadillu is bocadillos. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

12. ¿Hasta cuándo dura esto?

    How long does this keep?

    Usage

    Asking how long a food product will keep

    Grammar Note

    Durar means "to last". The expiry date itself is caducidá (Spanish caducidad). Esto is the neuter "this" pointing at a thing. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

13. ¿Quier el recibu?

    Do you want the receipt?

    Usage

    What a cashier asks about the receipt (for listening)

    Grammar Note

    The usté form of querer is Quier (tú would be Quies). Recibu is masculine in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

14. ¿Tienen café pa llevar?

    Do you have coffee to take away?

    Usage

    Asking for takeaway coffee

    Grammar Note

    "For, to" is pa (the short form of para). Llevar starts with ll-. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

15. ¿Abren los domingos?

    Are you open on Sundays?

    Usage

    Checking Sunday opening

    Grammar Note

    A plural article makes the weekday recurring (los domingos). The plural of domingu is domingos. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

16. ¿Ónde ta la nevera de les bebides?

    Where is the drinks fridge?

    Usage

    Finding the cold drinks section

    Grammar Note

    Feminine plural is les plus -es (les bebides). Location uses tar (ta). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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