Internet & WiFi

1. ¿Cuála ye la contraseña del wifi?

   What is the wifi password?

   Usage

   Asking for the wifi password at a hotel, café or restaurant

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The interrogative is cuála to agree with feminine contraseña. Wifi is masculine. "Password" is contraseña, also clave

2. Nun tengo señal

   I have no signal

   Usage

   Explaining that your phone has no signal

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Negation puts nun before the verb (not Spanish no). Señal is a feminine noun with ñ

3. ¿Puedo cargar el mio móvil equí?

   Can I charge my phone here?

   Usage

   Politely asking to charge your phone in a café or shop

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The possessive mio does not change and takes the article (el mio móvil). "Here" is equí

4. El wifi nun funciona

   The wifi isn't working

   Usage

   Reporting a wifi problem to hotel staff or a shop

   Grammar Note

   Negation before a verb is nun (not Spanish no). Funcionar works for other devices too

5. Necesito una tarxeta SIM llocal

   I need a local SIM card

   Usage

   Asking for a local SIM card in a phone shop

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Llocal begins with ll- (Spanish local has l-). In tarxeta the x is /ʃ/

6. ¿Pue compartime la so ubicación?

   Can you share your location with me?

   Usage

   Asking a guide or pickup contact to send their location by a map or messaging app

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. For polite usté, "your" is so (la so ubicación); with a friend use to

7. ¿Tien enchufes disponibles?

   Do you have any power outlets free?

   Usage

   Asking in a café or library whether a power outlet is free for working

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Use tien for the polite usté and tienes with a friend. Enchufes is the plural of enchufe

8. ¿Cómo me conecto a la rede?

   How do I connect to the network?

   Usage

   Asking for help connecting to a hotel or café network

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Network" is rede (with a final -e, unlike Spanish red); plural redes

9. El mio móvil quedó ensin batería

   My phone has run out of battery

   Usage

   Explaining that your phone has died before asking for help

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Without" is ensin (not Spanish sin). The possessive mio does not change

10. ¿Puedo usar el so ordenador un momentu?

    May I use your computer for a moment?

    Usage

    Asking to borrow a hotel or café computer in an emergency

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. For polite usté, "your" is so. Momentu ends in -u (Spanish momento)

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