Love-Spanish.com: Is The Harbour Far Away?

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Is The Harbour Far Away?

Introduction

This post deals with indicating how near/ far the harbour is in Spanish, and the distance from where you are to the harbour.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are with a relative, a friend, a work colleague or even a complete stranger who is looking for a harbour and asks you: "is the harbour far away?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Queda lejos el puerto?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say how far away the harbour is. 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:

El puerto queda lejos (the harbour is far away)
El puerto queda bastante lejos (the harbour is quite far away)
El puerto queda muy lejos (the harbour is very far away)
El puerto queda cerca (the harbour is near)
El puerto queda bastante cerca (the harbour is quite near)
El puerto queda muy cerca (the harbour is very near)
El puerto queda al final de la calle (the harbour is at the end of the street/ road)
El puerto queda a cinco minutos a pie (the harbour is five minutes away on foot)
El puerto no queda lejos (the harbour is not far away)
El puerto queda a doscientos metros^* (the harbour is 200 meters away)
El puerto queda a trescientos metros^* (the harbour is 300 meters away)
El puerto queda a dos kilómetros^* (the harbour is 2 kilometres away)

Now you should practise answering the question:

¿Queda lejos el puerto?

*See some commonly used length in Spanish below

*Spanish Lengths

Some expressions of length/ distance commonly used in Spanish are shown below:

	Metros	Kilómetros
cien metros	100m
doscientos metros	200m
trescientos metros	300m
cuatrocientos metros	400m
quinientos metros	500m	1/2km
seiscientos metros	600m
setecientos metros	700m
ochocientos metros	800m
novecientos metros	900m
mil metros/ un kilómetro	1000m	1km