Martial Arts

1. ¿Puedo asistir a una sola clas güei?

   Can I attend a single class today?

   Usage

   Asking a gym whether a non-member can train just once

   Grammar Note

   "Just once" is una sola clas. Today is güei. A set word for "drop-in class" could not be confirmed, so this wording is used. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. ¿Puedo ver un entrenamientu enantes d'apuntame?

   May I watch a training session before signing up?

   Usage

   Asking to watch a session before joining

   Grammar Note

   "Before doing" is enantes de + infinitive. Me attaches after the infinitive, and de becomes d' before a vowel. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. ¿Arrienden guantes?

   Do you rent gloves?

   Usage

   Asking whether you can rent gear when you have none

   Grammar Note

   Arrendar changes to ie in stressed forms (arrienden). A word for shin guards could not be confirmed, so the card asks about gloves only. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. Soi principiante, nun entrené boxéu enxamás.

   I am a beginner; I have never trained boxing.

   Usage

   Telling the coach you have no experience (swap in another sport)

   Grammar Note

   First-person ser is soi. Negation before the verb is nun, and enxamás "never" may follow the verb. Boxéu is a masculine noun in -éu. "Have never done" is expressed with the simple past. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Podemos dir con calma, por favor?

   Could we go easy, please?

   Usage

   Asking a training partner to keep it gentle before sparring

   Grammar Note

   Phrasing it as "can we" makes it a joint proposal rather than an order. Dir means "to go" and con calma "calmly". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. Tengo una llesión na rodiella, prefiero evitar les patadas.

   I have a knee injury, so I would rather avoid the kicks.

   Usage

   Flagging an injury and the moves to avoid

   Grammar Note

   Na is en + la. Knee is rodiella and injury is llesión. The plural of patada is patadas. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. ¿Cuántu cuesta la cuota mensual?

   How much is the monthly membership?

   Usage

   Asking the monthly gym fee

   Grammar Note

   Mensual has one form for both genders and can be swapped for anual. Cuántu ends in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. ¿Cuántu cuesta una clas sola? ¿Hai bonu de diez clases?

   How much is a single class? Is there a ten-class pass?

   Usage

   Comparing the price of one class with a multi-class pass

   Grammar Note

   Sola is the feminine "single". Hai does not change for number. Bonu is a masculine noun in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. ¿Hai dalguna clas namái pa muyeres?

   Is there a women-only class?

   Usage

   Asking about women-only classes

   Grammar Note

   The plural of "woman" is muyeres (Spanish mujeres). "Only" is namái. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. ¿Ónde puedo ver l'horariu de les clases?

    Where can I see the class timetable?

    Usage

    Finding the training timetable

    Grammar Note

    El becomes l' before a vowel (l'horariu). Horariu is masculine in -u. The plural of clas is clases. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

11. ¿Pues enseñame a ponime les vendes?

    Could you show me how to put on the hand wraps?

    Usage

    Asking a coach or training partner to show you how to wrap your hands

    Grammar Note

    "Can you" to tú is pues (pue for usté). Enseñar a + infinitive means "teach how to". Me follows the infinitive. Hand wraps are expressed as vendes "bandages". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

12. ¿Cuántes clases necesito pa poder facer sparring?

    How many classes do I need before I can spar?

    Usage

    Asking how long before you may spar

    Grammar Note

    Cuánto agrees with the noun it counts: cuántes (feminine plural). Sparring is borrowed unchanged. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

13. ¿Hai vestuariu y duches?

    Is there a changing room and showers?

    Usage

    Checking for a changing room and showers

    Grammar Note

    Vestuariu is a masculine noun in -u; duches is feminine plural in -es. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

14. ¿Ónde puedo ver llucha llionesa o llucha canaria?

    Where can I watch Leonese or Canarian wrestling?

    Usage

    Asking where to watch traditional regional wrestling

    Grammar Note

    Llucha "wrestling, fight" starts with ll-. Llionesa is the feminine adjective from the place name Llión. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

15. ¡Xube la guardia y mira a los güeyos del rival!

    Get your guard up and look your opponent in the eyes!

    Usage

    A coach's short cue during pad work and sparring (for listening)

    Grammar Note

    "To raise" is xubir (spelled with x). The tú command is the stem plus -e / -a (xube, mira). Eyes are güeyos. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

16. ¡Pega fuerte, nun te contengas!

    Hit hard, do not hold back!

    Usage

    A coach urging full power on pads or the heavy bag (for listening)

    Grammar Note

    A ban is nun + subjunctive, with te before the verb (nun te contengas). Fuerte works as an adverb here. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

17. Cinco minutos de descansu, bebéi agua.

    Five-minute break, drink some water.

    Usage

    A coach's instruction during a break between rounds (for listening)

    Grammar Note

    The command to several people is bebéi (-éi ending; -ar verbs take -ái). Descansu is a masculine noun in -u. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

18. Por güei lo dexamos equí. ¡Muncho bien, bon trabayu!

    We will leave it there for today. Very good, nice work!

    Usage

    What a coach says to close the session (for listening)

    Grammar Note

    "Good" becomes bon before a masculine noun (bon trabayu). Dexar means "to leave", and equí is "here". Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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