Learn about checking into a hotel
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| INTRODUCTION |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll help you to check in. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| In Spain, there are very good hotels all around. Spain is one of the favorite destinations for holidays for a reason. Good hostels can also be found and are cheaper than hotels. In big cities, guest houses could be a good option, but maybe you should investigate conditions like the minimum stay. However, my favorite option when I want to spend some days outside of Madrid is a rural house in a small and quite village. We’ll talk in more depth about rural houses next in this lesson. |
| In Spanish, “rural house” is casa rural. |
| casa rural |
| Today’s phrases are related to check-in. |
| In Spanish, when you get into the hotel and want to check-in, there are two possible phrases you would convey this. If you have already booked a room, you will say - Tengo una reserva, which means “I have a reservation.” |
| Tengo una reserva. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Ten-go u-na re-ser-va. |
| And one more time, Tengo una reserva. |
| The first word, tengo, means “I have.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ten-go. |
| And hear it one more time, tengo. |
| Then we have una, which is the indefinite article “a” for feminine singular. |
| una |
| And one more time, una. |
| And finally, we have reserva, which means “reservation.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: re-ser-va. |
| And one more time, reserva. |
| So, all together, we have Tengo una reserva, which literally means “I have a reservation” and is what you will say at the reception of a hotel when you want to check in and have already a reservation. |
| If you haven’t previously booked a room at the hotel, you will have to ask for a room with - Quiero una habitación. |
| Quiero una habitación. |
| This literally means, “I want a room.” |
| The first word, quiero means “I want.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: quie-ro. |
| Let’s hear it one more time, quiero. |
| Then we have, again, una, which is “a” for feminine singular since habitación is a feminine noun. |
| una |
| Finally, habitación means “room.” |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ha-bi-ta-ción. |
| And once again, habitación. |
| Upon stating one of the phrases for checking in, you will most likely be asked “Your name, please,” which in Spanish is - Su nombre por favor. |
| Su nombre por favor. |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: Su nom-bre por fa-vor. |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, Su nombre por favor. |
| The first word, su, is the respectful version of the possessive “your.” |
| Let’s hear it one more time, su. |
| This is followed by nombre, which in Spanish is “name.” |
| nombre |
| nombre |
| And one more time, nombre. |
| Let’s take a look at the next words, por favor, which means “please.” |
| por favor |
| And one more time, por favor. |
| You may also be asked how to spell your name, which in Spanish is ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: ¿Pue-de de-le-tre-ar-lo? |
| And now, let’s hear it once again, ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| The first word, puede, means “you can.” |
| Let’s break down this word and hear it one more time: pue-de. |
| And puede. |
| This is followed by deletrearlo, which in Spanish is “to spell it.” |
| deletrearlo |
| de-le-tre-ar-lo |
| And one more time, deletrearlo. |
| So, we have ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| Literally, this means “Can you spell it?” |
| So, back to rural houses, there are nice place to stay in Spain far away from crowded places, big cities and close to the metro and traditional areas. This is a new alternative in tourism and give you the opportunity to understand how life in Spain works not so many years ago. Unlike hotels, they don’t have personnel, but the owners live there or a house closeby. Most of the time, you will be offered to do some activities like riding a “bicycle” - bicicleta, bicicleta; a “horse” - caballo, caballo; or “climbing down a ravine,” descenso de barrancos, descenso de barrancos. Don’t forget to use your Spanish with the owners. You will surely enjoy it. |
Outro |
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| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for saying it aloud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buena suerte, that means “good luck” in Spanish. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “I have a reservation.” - Tengo una reserva. |
| Tengo una reserva. |
| Tengo una reserva. |
| “I want a room.” - Quiero una habitación. |
| Quiero una habitación. |
| Quiero una habitación. |
| “Your name, please.” - Su nombre por favor. |
| Su nombre por favor. |
| Su nombre por favor. |
| “Can you spell it?” - ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
| ¿Puede deletrearlo? |
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