SCENARIO
Imagine
a relative, a friend or colleague calls you on the phone. The other
person wants to invite you to go to the cinema. After exchanging the
customary greetings, he/ she
says to you something like: "would
you like to go to the cinema?"
In
Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:
¿Quieres
venir al cine?
Alternatively,
he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:
¿Quiere
(usted) venir al cine?
OUR
TIP
The question is a
request for you to respond to an invitation to go to the cinema. When
you say whether or not you want to go to the cinema, you DO
NOT need to be concerned about the level of formality in the
other person's question. Your main concern should be about saying
whether or not you accept the other person's invitation. So perhaps
you want to say that you:
- Accept the invitation;
- Refuse the invitation;
Here are some
examples of how you could reply:
- Sí, me gustaría (yes, I would like to go to the cinema);
- Sí, me gustaría, pero no puedo (yes, I would like, but I can't);
- Lo siento, pero no puedo (I am sorry, but I can't);
Now
you should practise answering the question:
¿Quieres
venir al cine?
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