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Polite Requests
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There are a number of ways to express polite requests in Spanish. For example, you can use a command, accompanied by por favor (please): Traígame un café, por favor. A more polite way of making the same request, however, is to use a form of the verb querer: ¿Quiere traerme un café?; (Literally:do you want to bring me a coffee?). When you want to ask for a favor or make a polite inquiry, you can also use the verb querer: Querría hacer una llamada a los Estados Unidos (I would like to make a phone call) OR Quisiera hacer una llamada a los Estados Unidos (I would like to make a phone call). Sometimes you can use the verb poder the same way: ¿Puede usted decirme? (Can you tell me?) OR ¿Podría usted indicarme? (Could you show me?). |
Examples of Polite Requests
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