Religion & Temples

1. ¿A qué hora entama la misa?

   What time does the mass start?

   Usage

   Asked at a church to find the mass schedule, or to plan a visit around it

   Grammar Note

   "To begin" is commonly entamar (3rd person entama) besides empezar. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

2. ¿Pue visitase la catedral?

   Is it possible to visit the cathedral?

   Usage

   Used to find out whether a cathedral is open to visitors right now

   Grammar Note

   The impersonal "can be visited" attaches se after the verb (visitase); the 3rd person of poder is pue. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

3. ¿Hai códigu de vistimienta pa entrar?

   Is there a dress code to enter?

   Usage

   Used before entering a church or holy site to check rules such as covered shoulders or knees

   Grammar Note

   Códigu ends in -u, and "clothing" is vistimienta (different vowel from Spanish vestimenta). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

4. Esti llugar ye sagráu, respételu, por favor.

   This place is sacred, please show respect.

   Usage

   A polite way to ask someone to behave respectfully in a holy place

   Grammar Note

   Llugar starts with ll-, and sagráu ends in -áu (Spanish sagrado). Respételu is the polite (usté) command with lu ("it") attached. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

5. ¿Cuándo ye la próxima procesión?

   When is the next religious procession?

   Usage

   Asked about the date of processions, for example during Holy Week (Selmana Santa)

   Grammar Note

   "Is" is ye (not Spanish es). Holy Week is Selmana Santa; selmana is the Asturian form of semana. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

6. ¿Ta abierta la mezquita pa los turistes?

   Is the mosque open to tourists?

   Usage

   Asked to find out whether a mosque admits visitors and when

   Grammar Note

   Mezquita is feminine, so abierta. The plural turistes ends in -es, even though the article is masculine (los turistes). Composed sentence; native review recommended.

7. ¿Puedo encender una vela?

   May I light a candle?

   Usage

   Asked in a church before lighting a devotional candle; a small donation is sometimes expected

   Grammar Note

   This sentence is spelled like Spanish; poder in the 1st person is puedo. Vela is feminine, plural veles. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

8. ¿Qué festividaes relixoses hai esti mes?

   What religious festivals are there this month?

   Usage

   Asked to learn about religious events and holidays during your stay

   Grammar Note

   The plural of festividá is festividaes; relixoses (x = /ʃ/) takes the feminine plural -es to agree. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

9. Toi faciendo'l Camín de Santiago.

   I am doing the Camino de Santiago.

   Usage

   Tells hosts and fellow walkers that you are on the pilgrimage; routes such as the Northern and Primitive Ways cross Asturias

   Grammar Note

   "To do" is facer (not hacer), hence faciendo; toi corresponds to estoy. Faciendo'l contracts faciendo + el, and camín is the Asturian form of camino. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

10. ¿Ónde ta la sinagoga más cercana?

    Where is the nearest synagogue?

    Usage

    Used by Jewish travelers looking for a place of worship, or by visitors who want to see one

    Grammar Note

    "Where" is ónde, and location uses ta (tar). Swap in la mezquita (mosque) or la catedral. Composed sentence; native review recommended.

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