Useful Phrases

1. Fici esta aplicación

   I made this app

   Usage

   Use when introducing yourself as the person who built this app

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The first-person past of facer is fici, not Spanish hice. The subject I can be left out

2. Esta aplicación ye gratuita

   This app is free

   Usage

   Telling someone that the app costs nothing

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Gratuita agrees with the feminine aplicación (masculine gratuitu). The third person of ser is ye

3. Tenta de descargala

   Please try downloading it

   Usage

   Casually encouraging a friend to install the app

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Tentar de plus infinitive means to try doing. The pronoun la (it, fem.) attaches after the infinitive. A polite version is Tente de descargala

4. Soi xaponés / xaponesa

   I'm Japanese

   Usage

   Stating your nationality. Men say xaponés, women xaponesa

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The first person of ser is soi, not Spanish soy. Japan is Xapón, with x read /ʃ/. No article is used with nationalities

5. Soi viaxeru / viaxera

   I'm a traveler

   Usage

   Saying that you are on a trip. Men say viaxeru, women viaxera

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Viaxeru comes from viaxe (trip), with x read /ʃ/. No article is used with a role or status

6. Viaxo solu / sola

   I'm traveling alone

   Usage

   Telling others you travel solo. Men say solu, women sola

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Solu changes with the speaker, solu or sola. The x in viaxar is read /ʃ/

7. Ye la primer vegada que toi equí

   It's my first time here

   Usage

   Mentioning a first visit often gets a friendly tip from locals

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Time in the sense of occasion is vegada, and primer stays primer even before a feminine noun. Toi is the first person of estar

8. ¿Puedo facer una semeya?

   May I take a photo?

   Usage

   Asking permission before photographing a person, a shop or an exhibit

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. A photo is semeya, with -y-, and taking one is expressed with facer

9. ¿Facemos una semeya xuntos / xuntes?

   Shall we take a photo together?

   Usage

   Inviting someone you have got friendly with to pose for a photo. A group of women says xuntes

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Together is xuntos, and xuntes for all women. The x is read /ʃ/, not Spanish j in juntos

10. ¡Dexa d'engañame!

    Stop cheating me!

    Usage

    A strong protest when you are overcharged or cheated in a tourist area

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. Dexar de plus infinitive means to stop doing. It is blunt, so use it with care; to someone you address as usté, Dexe d'engañame

11. ¡Nun me menospreces!

    Don't look down on me!

    Usage

    Used when you feel disrespected or talked down to

    Grammar Note

    Composed sentence; native review recommended. A negative command uses the subjunctive, which ends in -es for -ar verbs. The negative nun goes before the verb

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