Laundry

1. ¿Hai una llavandería equí cerca?

   Is there a laundrette near here?

   Usage

   Asking about a nearby laundrette or laundry service

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To wash" is llavar, so the laundry is llavandería (ll-, Spanish lavandería). "There is" is hai

2. ¿Cuántu cuesta llavar la ropa?

   How much does it cost to wash the clothes?

   Usage

   Asking the price of a laundry service

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Llavar starts with ll- (Spanish lavar). Ropa is a mass noun taking the article la

3. ¿Tien serviciu de llavar y ensugar la ropa?

   Do you have a wash and dry service?

   Usage

   Asking whether they wash and dry in one service

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To dry" is ensugar (not Spanish secar). Serviciu ends in -u

4. ¿Cuándo va tar preparada la mio ropa?

   When will my laundry be ready?

   Usage

   Asking when you can collect the laundry you left

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The future is built with "va + infinitive" (va tar). Preparada is the feminine form of preparáu and agrees with ropa

5. Necesito llavar con cuidáu esta ropa delicada.

   I need these delicate clothes washed carefully.

   Usage

   Asking for delicate clothing to be handled with care

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Cuidáu ends in -áu (Spanish cuidado). Ropa is treated as a feminine singular noun

6. ¿Ónde ta la secadora?

   Where is the dryer?

   Usage

   Finding the dryer in a laundrette

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The washing machine is llavadora; learn the two together

7. ¿Vienden detergente?

   Do you sell detergent?

   Usage

   Asking whether laundry detergent is on sale

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The unstated third-person plural addresses the shop staff. Soap is xabón (x is /ʃ/)

8. Esta camisa tien que planchase

   This shirt needs ironing

   Usage

   Asking for ironing, or explaining that a garment needs it

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The reflexive se attaches to the infinitive (planchase) with a passive sense, "to be ironed"

9. ¿Cuántes monedes necesito pa la llavadora?

   How many coins do I need for the washing machine?

   Usage

   Asking how many coins a coin-operated washing machine needs

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The feminine plural "how many" is cuántes (masculine plural cuántos), with the feminine plural -es (monedes). Llavadora is the washing machine

10. ¿Pue llimpiar en secu esta prenda?

    Can you dry-clean this garment?

    Usage

    Used when bringing in a garment that needs dry cleaning

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Dry" is secu (ending -u). Llimpiar starts with ll-, and "garment" is prenda

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