Souvenir shopping: Asking about prices
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Key Phrases
¿Cuánto cuesta esta postal?
How much does this postcard cost?
¿Aceptan tarjeta?
Do you accept card payments?
¡Que tenga un buen día!
Have a good day!
Skills You'll Learn
Asking for prices in a store
Preguntar por precios en una tienda
Inquiring about payment methods
Consultar sobre métodos de pago
Greeting and parting politely
Saludar y despedirse cortésmente
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are in a souvenir shop in Spain. You are interested in buying a postcard and a keychain as gifts. You inquire about the prices and confirm the payment methods accepted by the shop. After deciding on your purchase, you hand over your card to pay for the items.
Hola, ¿cuánto cuesta esta postal?
Hello, how much does this postcard cost?
Hola, esa postal cuesta dos euros.
Hello, that postcard costs two euros.
¿Y ese llavero?
And what about that keychain?
El llavero cuesta tres euros.
The keychain costs three euros.
Voy a llevarme el llavero también. ¿Aceptan tarjeta?
I will take the keychain as well. Do you accept card payments?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Hola
OH-lah
Hello
Cuánto
KWAN-toh
How much
💬 The written accent in [cuánto] matters: it's used in direct and indirect questions like [¿Cuánto cuesta?] and [No sé cuánto cuesta]. Without the accent, [cuanto] is used in other patterns, like [cuanto más, mejor].
See breakdown →Esta
ES-tah
This
Cuesta
KWES-tah
Cost
💬 [Cuesta] means "costs" when the thing is the subject: [La postal cuesta dos euros]. The verb changes with the item: [cuesta] for one thing, [cuestan] for several, as in [Las postales cuestan dos euros].
See breakdown →Postal
POHS-tal
Postcard
Esa
EH-sah
That
Dos
DOHS
Two
Euros
YOO-rohs
Euros
💬 In Spain, [euros] is usually said much as written, but [eu] often glides together in fast speech, roughly like (EH-oos) rather than two fully separate vowels.
See breakdown →Dos euros
DOHS YOO-rohs
Two euros
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