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Scene illustrating a Spain Spanish-language picking up packages conversation

Key Phrases

Vengo a recoger un paquete.

I'm here to pick up a package.

¿Su identificación, por favor?

Your ID, please?

Por favor firme aquí.

Please sign here.

Skills You'll Learn

Requesting assistance in Spanish.

Solicitar ayuda en español.

Providing identification in a formal context.

Proporcionar identificación en un contexto formal.

Signing off receipt of a package.

Firmar recepción de un paquete.

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are at a local post office in Spain to pick up a package. You engage in a conversation with the clerk, who asks for your ID and helps you retrieve your package. The interaction is friendly and straightforward, with a little small talk to make the experience pleasant.

Hola, vengo a recoger un paquete.

Hello, I'm here to pick up a package.

¡Buenas! ¿Podría mostrarme su identificación, por favor?

Good day! Could you show me your ID, please?

Claro, aquí tiene mi DNI.

Sure, here's my ID.

Perfecto, Emily , ¿cuál es su apellido?

Perfect, Emily, what's your last name?

Es Smith .

It's Smith.

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

Hola

OH-lah

Hello

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Vengo

VEN-goh

I come

💬 [Vengo] is often used like "I'm here to..." in service situations, not just literally "I come." Same pattern: [Vengo a devolver un paquete] = "I'm here to return a package."

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A recoger

ah reh-koh-HER

To pick up

💬 After a verb of movement like [vengo], Spanish often uses [a] + another verb: [vengo a recoger], [voy a pagar]. It's a handy pattern for saying what you've come to do.

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Vengo a recoger

VEN-goh ah reh-koh-HER

I'm here to pick up

💬 [Vengo a] + verb is a very common way to say what you're here to do: [Vengo a recoger], [Vengo a pagar], [Vengo a devolver esto]. It often sounds more natural in Spain than a direct "I want to..." in service situations.

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Un paquete

oon pah-KEH-teh

A package

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¡Buenas!

BWEH-nahs

Good day

🇪🇸 [¡Buenas!] is a very normal casual greeting in Spain in shops, offices, and pickup points. It's friendlier and more local-feeling than sticking to textbook [hola] every time.

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¿Podría

poh-DREE-ah

Could you

💬 [Podría] is a polite softened way to ask, like "could you...?" rather than a more direct command. You'll hear the same pattern in [¿Podría ayudarme?] and [¿Podría repetirlo?]

🇪🇸 This is the kind of polite wording staff might use with customers, especially in formal service encounters. It sounds respectful without being stiff.

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Mostrarme

mo-STRAHR-meh

Show me

💬 The [me] at the end means "to me," so [mostrarme] is "show me." You can attach these little pronouns to the end of an infinitive: [decirme], [darme], [traerme].

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¿Podría mostrarme

poh-DREE-ah mo-STRAHR-meh

Could you show me

💬 The [me] at the end means "to me," so [mostrarme] is "show me." You can attach these little pronouns to the end of an infinitive: [¿Podría decirme...?], [¿Podría traerme...?].

🇪🇸 This is a polite service-counter way to ask for something from a customer. In Spain it sounds routine and professional, not overly formal.

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