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| INTRODUCTION | |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. | |
| Alex: And I'm Alex. | |
| Eric: And welcome to Must-Know Spanish Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 15. Requesting Permission. | |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern to ask for permission. | |
| PATTERN | |
| Eric: Here’s an example. "May I see your identification card?" | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Alex: [slow] ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Eric: The pattern for requesting permission has 3 elements. First, “May I.” | |
| Alex: Puedo. | |
| Eric: Second, the verb "see." | |
| Alex: ver. | |
| Eric: Third, the complement "your identification card.” | |
| Alex: su identificación. | |
| Eric: Altogether, we have... "May I see your identification card?" | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? [slow] ¿Puedo ver su identificación? [normal] ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Eric: Use the verb | |
| Alex: puedo | |
| Eric: "may I" to ask for permission. The verb conjugation shows that the speaker is the one requesting permission. It’s followed by a verb which is always in infinitive form. At the end, you can add more details about what you want to do, such as an adverb, noun, or phrase. | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Eric: So remember: To request permission, begin with "may I..." | |
| Alex: puedo | |
| Eric: ...add a verb in infinitive form, plus a complement for more details. | |
| Eric: Here’s another example, meaning "May I go out today?" First, “May I.” | |
| Alex: Puedo. | |
| Eric: Second, the verb "go out." | |
| Alex: salir. | |
| Eric: Third, the complement "today." | |
| Alex: hoy. | |
| Eric: Altogether we have... | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo salir hoy? [slow] ¿Puedo salir hoy? [normal] ¿Puedo salir hoy? | |
| Eric: "May I go out today?" | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo salir hoy? | |
| Eric: How do you say - "May I eat the last slice of pizza?" To give you a hint, "the last slice of pizza" is... | |
| Alex: el último pedazo de pizza. [slow] el último pedazo de pizza. [normal] el último pedazo de pizza. | |
| Eric: "May I eat the last slice of pizza?" | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? [slow] ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? [normal] ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? | |
| REVIEW | |
| Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in Spanish. Here we go. | |
| Eric: "May I see your identification card?" | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Eric: "May I go out today?" | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo salir hoy? | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo salir hoy? | |
| Eric: "May I eat the last slice of pizza?" | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? | |
| [pause] | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo comer el último pedazo de pizza? | |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for requesting permission, as in... | |
| Alex: ¿Puedo ver su identificación? | |
| Eric: meaning "May I see your identification card?" | |
| Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on SpanishPod101.com. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! | |
| Alex: Hasta la próxima. |
30 Comments
HidePractice requesting permission using this pattern.
Hola Tracy,
Thank you for your comment.
"manejar" and "conducir" are both use for "drive".
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Hola Ronald,
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Levente
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I've been unable to get "download as PDF" to work! Grrrrrr!
I have just bought a Premium Plus subscription after having lessons with a Spanish teacher here in Spain. Those lessons were both one to one and in a group. What I want from this is to have actual conversations with someone to practice both speaking and listening. Like another user below, I have been taught conducir as a verb, not manejar and coche not carro so I am a bit confused whether I am being taught the right Spanish on this programme? I seem to be getting a lot of information coming my way and I'm not sure what I should read or not read. It feels a bit 'information overload'.
Hi, I have just bought a premium subscription and this was the first lesson I have come across. I stopped my subscription to Spanish with Paul (which had been brilliant but was Mexican-Spanish). I read the reviews and they said Iberian Spanish was prevalent throughout this. However, I've heard straight away that the pronunciation is South-American and I know for sure that "manejar" isn't used here (conducir instead). How many other words am I learning that are not used in Spain? This is the reason I had joined but I think I should have continued to learn Mexican with Paul!
Hola Joe,
Thank you for your comment.
Please let us know to which sentence do you refer to.
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
How in the world does "ir" become equivalent to "Before I met you, I never realized..." ?
Hola Lexi,
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, please review the following lesson.
https://www.spanishpod101.com/lesson/spanish-vocab-builder-14-colors/
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
I was woundering if this could help me teach little kids colors in Spanish
Hola Norimasa,
Please review the following corrections.
Podría decirme en donde esta el museo de Purado ?
Podría pasarle la sal a tu hermana?
Puedo pagar con tarjeta de crédito?
Sigamos practicando!
Saludos,
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com