Contacts & SNS

1. Como se chama?

   What is your name?

   Usage

   A polite way to ask a stranger's name

   Grammar Note

   Interrogatives take no accent (como, not cómo). For someone close, use Como te chamas?

2. Pode darme o seu número de teléfono?

   Could you give me your phone number?

   Usage

   A polite request for a phone number

   Grammar Note

   The polite "your" is o seu, and possessives take an article. Teléfono carries an accent

3. Aquí ten a miña tarxeta de visita

   Here is my business card

   Usage

   Said when handing over a business card

   Grammar Note

   Tarxeta is spelled with x (not Spanish tarjeta). The possessive miña agrees with the noun and takes the article a

4. Está nas redes sociais?

   Are you on social media?

   Usage

   An opening question before swapping social media accounts

   Grammar Note

   en + as = nas. The plural of social is sociais (-l becomes -is)

5. Imos manter o contacto!

   Let's stay in touch!

   Usage

   Said at parting to promise to keep in contact

   Grammar Note

   "Imos" + infinitive makes a suggestion. No preposition a is inserted

6. Cal é o seu enderezo de correo electrónico?

   What is your email address?

   Usage

   A polite question about an email address

   Grammar Note

   Address is enderezo (not Spanish dirección). The interrogative cal takes no accent

7. Podo engadirte en Instagram?

   May I add you on Instagram?

   Usage

   Asks permission to connect on social media

   Grammar Note

   Engadir means to add. The object te attaches to the infinitive without a hyphen. The preposition for an app is en

8. Chámome Takahiro, é un pracer

   My name is Takahiro, nice to meet you

   Usage

   A set self-introduction; replace the name with your own

   Grammar Note

   A reflexive use of chamar. The pronoun me follows the verb, so it becomes Chámome with an accent. Pracer is a masculine noun meaning pleasure

9. De onde é vostede orixinariamente?

   Where are you originally from?

   Usage

   Asks about someone's home origin as opposed to where they live now

   Grammar Note

   Vostede is the polite "you" and takes a 3rd-person verb. Orixinariamente is an adverb spelled with x, like orixe

10. Foi un pracer coñecerte

    It was a pleasure to meet you

    Usage

    Said at parting to say you enjoyed meeting someone

    Grammar Note

    Coñecer is written with ñ (unlike Spanish conocer). The pronoun te attaches to the infinitive without a hyphen

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