Post Office

1. ¿Ónde ta l'oficina de corréu?

   Where is the post office?

   Usage

   Asking the way to the nearest post office

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Mail" is corréu (singular; Spanish uses plural correos). La becomes l' before a vowel

2. Quiero unviar esta carta a Xapón.

   I want to send this letter to Japan.

   Usage

   Telling the clerk you want to send a letter abroad

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "To send" is unviar (not Spanish enviar). Japan is Xapón (x is /ʃ/)

3. ¿Cuántu cuesta unviar esti paquete?

   How much does it cost to send this parcel?

   Usage

   Asking the postage for a parcel

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "This" before a masculine noun is esti (Spanish este); feminine is esta

4. Necesito sellos pa estes tarxetes postales.

   I need stamps for these postcards.

   Usage

   Buying stamps for postcards at a post office or shop

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Stamp is sellu (plural sellos). The feminine plural "these" is estes. Tarxeta postal is a postcard

5. ¿Cuántos díes tarda en llegar?

   How many days does it take to arrive?

   Usage

   Asking how long mail or a parcel takes to arrive

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Day" is the masculine día, plural díes (-es), so the question word is the masculine plural cuántos

6. Quiero unvialo por corréu urxente.

   I want to send it by express mail.

   Usage

   Asking at the counter for express or priority delivery

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. The object pronoun lo is attached after the infinitive and the final r drops (unvialo). In urxente the x is /ʃ/

7. ¿Tien un formulariu d'aduana?

   Do you have a customs form?

   Usage

   Asking for a customs form when sending an international parcel

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Formulariu ends in -u (Spanish formulario). De becomes d' before a vowel

8. ¿Ónde ta'l buzón más cercanu?

   Where is the nearest postbox?

   Usage

   Finding a postbox to post a letter

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. "Más + adjective" forms the superlative (el buzón más cercanu). Cercanu ends in -u

9. ¿Puedo asegurar esti paquete?

   Can I insure this parcel?

   Usage

   Asking whether a valuable parcel can be insured

   Grammar Note

   Composed sentence; native review recommended. Asegurar means both "to insure" and "to make sure"

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