SCENARIO
Imagine
you are talking to
a relative or a work colleague. Maybe you are about to depart on a
trip which is going to keep you away for a little while. You are
saying your goodbyes and it is then that the other person
says to you something like: "were
you wanting
to say goodbye to your friends?"
In
Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:
¿Querías
despedirte de tus amigos?
Alternatively,
he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:
¿Quería
(usted) despedirse de sus amigos?
OUR
TIP
The
question is an invitation for you to say whether or not you want to
say goodbye to your friends. When saying what you want to do,
you should not need to be concerned about the level of
formality in the original question. Your main concern should be about
saying what you wanted to do.
Here
are some examples of how you could reply:
- Sí, quería despedirme de mis amigos (yes, I wanted to say goodbye to my friends);
- Sí, quería despedirme de ellos (yes, I wanted to say goodbye to them);
- Sí, quería despedirme de todos mis amigos (yes, I wanted to say goodbye to all my friends);
- Sí, quería despedirme de todos ellos (yes, I wanted to say goodbye to all of them);
- No, no quería despedirme de mis amigos ahora, quería despedirme de ellos más tarde (no, I didn't want to say goodbye to my friends now, I wanted to say goodbye to them later);
- No, no quería despedirme de ellos ahora, quería hacerlo más tarde (no, I didn't want to say goodbye to them now, I wanted to do it later);
Now
you should practise answering the question:
¿Querías
despedirte de tus amigos?
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