Money & Exchange

1. ¿Ónde hai un caxeru automáticu?

   Where is there an ATM?

   Usage

   Finding an ATM when you need cash

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. ATM is caxeru automáticu (x is /ʃ/). "There is" is hai (Spanish hay)

2. ¿Acepten tarxetes de créditu?

   Do you accept credit cards?

   Usage

   Checking how you can pay before buying

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. In tarxeta the x is /ʃ/, plural tarxetes. Créditu ends in -u. The unstated third-person plural stands for the shop staff

3. ¿Cuántu cuesta?

   How much does it cost?

   Usage

   The basic question for the price of anything

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The masculine singular "how much" is cuántu (ending -u). For several items the verb becomes plural

4. ¿Pue dame'l cambéu?

   Can you give me my change?

   Usage

   Asking for your change after paying in cash

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Cambéu covers both "change" and "exchange". Dame'l is dame + el contracted

5. ¿Ónde puedo cambiar dineru?

   Where can I exchange money?

   Usage

   Finding a place to exchange currency

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Dineru ends in -u (Spanish dinero). A currency exchange office is a casa de cambéu

6. ¿Ta incluyíu'l serviciu?

   Is the service charge included?

   Usage

   Checking at a restaurant whether a service charge is already included

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The participle ends in -íu (Spanish incluido). Ta is the third person of estar, 'l is el contracted

7. ¿Pue dame una factura?

   Can you give me an invoice?

   Usage

   Asking for an official invoice for expenses or a tax refund

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Factura is an official invoice; a simple receipt is recibu

8. ¿Puedo pagar a plazos?

   Can I pay in instalments?

   Usage

   Asking whether a larger purchase can be paid in instalments

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. A plazos means "in instalments". This sentence happens to match Spanish

9. Un depósitu

   Deposit

   Usage

   Show it when talking about a deposit that is paid in advance

   Grammar Note

   Masculine, ending in -u (Spanish depósito). The article Un takes no accent

10. Un reembolsu

    Refund

    Usage

    Show it when asking for a refund

    Grammar Note

    Masculine, ending in -u (Spanish reembolso)

11. N'efeutivu

    In cash

    Usage

    Answering that you will pay in cash

    Grammar Note

    En becomes n' before a vowel. Efeutivu ends in -u and its -eut- differs from Spanish efectivo

12. Con tarxeta

    By card

    Usage

    Answering that you will pay by card

    Grammar Note

    Tarxeta is feminine with x as /ʃ/ (Spanish tarjeta)

13. El cambéu

    The change

    Usage

    Used when receiving change, or pointing out that it is wrong

    Grammar Note

    Masculine, ending in -éu (Spanish cambio). It also means "exchange"

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