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Jan 25, 2011 - 05:01 PM
Session 25!! Wow.
Ok, so first the cultural issues. I think that in general, if you say to someone: "¿Vamos a comer más tarde?" Unless you are asking someone out on a date, or a client out for lunch, for the most part, people wouldn't assume the person asking would pay.
But let's say you want to make it clear that you will be paying. So with the vocabulary that you know thus far you could just say: "Yo quiero pagar, por favor," I want to pay, please, or "Yo voy a pagar," I'm going to pay. It's a bit direct, I know, but if you say that and add a big smile, I think you will be understood just fine.
You could say: "Vamos a comer. Yo voy a pagar hoy, por favor." A beautiful construction.
I'm not going to teach you the word for "to invite" because the construction is quite complicated at this level. It's one of those verbs that we call "reflexive" and believe me, no need to get into that just yet. You will soon enough, I promise.
Hope this helped.
Ok, so first the cultural issues. I think that in general, if you say to someone: "¿Vamos a comer más tarde?" Unless you are asking someone out on a date, or a client out for lunch, for the most part, people wouldn't assume the person asking would pay.
But let's say you want to make it clear that you will be paying. So with the vocabulary that you know thus far you could just say: "Yo quiero pagar, por favor," I want to pay, please, or "Yo voy a pagar," I'm going to pay. It's a bit direct, I know, but if you say that and add a big smile, I think you will be understood just fine.
You could say: "Vamos a comer. Yo voy a pagar hoy, por favor." A beautiful construction.
I'm not going to teach you the word for "to invite" because the construction is quite complicated at this level. It's one of those verbs that we call "reflexive" and believe me, no need to get into that just yet. You will soon enough, I promise.
Hope this helped.
Jan 25, 2011 - 05:01 PM
Hola Sonia,
I agree that "Vamos a comer. Yo voy a pagar hoy, por favor." is wonderful and suits my needs perfectly, I will pay this time and they should offer next time.
Muchas Gracias Maestra Sonia.
I agree that "Vamos a comer. Yo voy a pagar hoy, por favor." is wonderful and suits my needs perfectly, I will pay this time and they should offer next time.
Muchas Gracias Maestra Sonia.