Dating Apps

1. ¿Tienes Tinder o dalguna aplicación de citas?

   Do you have Tinder or any dating app?

   Usage

   To ask whether someone uses Tinder or another dating app

   Grammar Note

   "Any / some" is dalgún / dalguna (not Spanish algún / alguna); it takes the feminine dalguna to agree with aplicación. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. Fiximos match na aplicación.

   We matched on the app.

   Usage

   To explain that you and the other person matched on a dating app

   Grammar Note

   "To do / make" is facer (not hacer); the past 1st person plural is fiximos. Match is an English loanword, and en + la contracts to na. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. El to perfil paezme mui interesante.

   Your profile seems very interesting to me.

   Usage

   To compliment someone's profile and show interest

   Grammar Note

   "Your" is to, which does not change; only the article varies (el to perfil), and perfil is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. ¿Qué busques nuna pareya?

   What are you looking for in a partner?

   Usage

   Used early in a conversation to learn what someone wants from a relationship

   Grammar Note

   The 2nd person of an -ar verb ends in -es (busques, not Spanish buscas), and en + una contracts to nuna. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Cuándo podemos quedar?

   When can we meet up?

   Usage

   To move from chatting online to meeting in person

   Grammar Note

   Quedar is the everyday verb for arranging to meet; it has the same form as in Spanish. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. ¿Namái busques amistá o daqué más?

   Are you just looking for friendship or something more?

   Usage

   To clarify whether someone wants friendship or a romantic relationship

   Grammar Note

   "Only" is namái and "something" is daqué (not Spanish solo / algo); "friendship" is amistá. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. Les tos semeyes son mui guapes.

   Your photos are very beautiful.

   Usage

   To compliment someone's profile photos

   Grammar Note

   "Photo" is semeya, the everyday word. The feminine plural ends in -es, so the article les, the possessive tos and the adjective guapes all agree. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. ¿Ónde quies que quedemos?

   Where do you want us to meet?

   Usage

   To ask where someone would like to meet for a first date

   Grammar Note

   "Where" is ónde (not Spanish dónde). After querer, the que clause takes the subjunctive: quedar becomes quedemos. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. Nun m'unviasti nengún mensaxe.

   You didn't send me any message.

   Usage

   When someone has not messaged you after a match

   Grammar Note

   Negation before a verb is nun, and "no / any" is nengún. "To send" is unviar, with the past 2nd person ending -asti. Me becomes m' before the verb; mensaxe has x as /ʃ/. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. Paezme que tenemos munches coses en común.

    I think we have a lot in common.

    Usage

    To point out shared interests and build a connection

    Grammar Note

    Paezme que softly introduces an opinion. Cosa is feminine, so the plural is coses and munches agrees with it. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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