Love-Spanish.com: Is There A Cake Shop Around Here?

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Is There A Cake Shop Around Here?

Introduction

This post is about giving information about facilities in the vicinity, and more specifically about the availability of a cake shop nearby.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a work colleague. The other person is looking for a cake shop/ patisserie/ confectioner. He/ she doesn't know the locality, but believes that you do and says to you something like: "is there a cake shop around here?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Hay una pastelería por aquí?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say whether or not there are any cake shops in the vicinity. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

Sí, hay una pastelería cerca de aquí (yes, there is a cake shop near here)
Sí, hay una pastelería bastante cerca (yes, there is a cake shop quite near)
Sí, hay una pastelería muy cerca (yes, there is a cake shop very near)
Sí, hay una pastelería a la vuelta de la esquina (yes, there is a cake shop around the corner)
Sí, hay una pastelería al otro lado de la calle (yes, there is a cake shop on the other side of the street/ road)
Sí, hay varias pastelerías bastante cerca (yes, there are several cake shops quite near)
No, por aquí no hay ninguna pastelería (no, there aren't any cake shops around here)
No, por aquí no hay pastelerías (no, there are no cake shops around here)