3/18/2024 0 Comments Dusk spanish definition![]() Why are Brits so poor at speaking foreign languages? Are we too shy or embarrassed to try, or too lazy to learn, or perhaps too dim? Hope these suggestions gets some more from you experienced pilgrims. Tengo una ampolia, tiene una pomada (una crema antiséptico) para el pie, por favor. I have a blister, do you have an ointment (antiseptic cream) for the foot please? Where is the nearest (most near) pharmacy? – Donde está la pharmacia mas cercana? Please, can you tell me where(is) the pilgrims hostel? – Por favor,puede decir-me donde está el aubergue des peregrinos? ![]() So your next must know phrase is “I understand a little Spanish if you speak very slowly please” – Yo comprendo un poco español si usted habla muy despacio por favor.Ĭan you (are you able to) help me please? – Puede ayudar-me por favor? “ Mas despacio por favour” – more slowly please! Spanish is spoken quickly with words joined together, making it difficult to understand, so next you need to slow them down. Also if you ask a group (two or more) you increase the chance of one of them speaking English. Younger people are more likely to speak/understand some English than older a people. Lo siento, no habla ingles” - No, sorry I do not speak English.Ī tip. If the answer is “Yes”, then problem solved! However the reply might be “ No. Then the most important phrase to learn is “Please, do you speak English?” - Por favour,habla ingles? start off with Buenos dias/Buenas tardes and don’t forget the please and thank you. So to start the ball rolling, any suggestions for inclusion is what should go into the top 20 most useful phrases? Are there any phrases that you want to know, or wish that you had known?Īlways be polite, e.g. So perhaps it would be useful to set up a pilgrims crash course of 150 useful phrases. Please can you stamp my credencial - Por favor, puede usted sellar mi credencial.Īnd instead of asking if there are rooms free, at a hostal you will be asking for a vacant bunk bed.īut you get the idea, it just needs a bit of thought and adaption! There are some phrases which will not appear in your phrase book, for example: This way you only have to learn a minimum of words/phrases, those which are most likely to be of use during your trip. From this he writes up the 150 most useful phrases onto flash cards, and then starts to learn and practise them. He recommends the combined phrase book/dictionary by Berlitz, but there are others. He starts with a phrase book which includes phonetic pronounciations. These include Spanish, French, German, Polish and even Japanese!įrom experience he has learned that you can get by with about 150 phrases. I have a friend who over 50 years has cycled in many countries of the world and has done that, learned just enough of various languages to get by. However it is not too difficult, or time consuming, to learn just enough to get by. However it does take time to learn a foreign language and most of us are short of time. ![]() There is no doubt that it is very useful, if not essential, to speak at least a bit of Spanish when undertaking the Camino. ![]()
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