Markets & Souvenirs

1. Canto custa isto?

   How much does this cost?

   Usage

   The basic way to ask a price while pointing at something

   Grammar Note

   The question word canto has no accent (not Spanish cuánto). Custar is a RAG dictionary verb

2. Pódese regatear o prezo?

   Is it possible to negotiate the price?

   Usage

   Asks whether the price can be haggled

   Grammar Note

   Pódese is the impersonal "one can" (not Spanish se puede). Prezo is spelled with z

3. Pódeme vender isto por 10 euros?

   Could you sell me this for 10 euros?

   Usage

   Asks the seller to sell something for a price you name

   Grammar Note

   The pronoun me attaches to pode without a hyphen. The 3rd-person singular is the polite form for the seller. The currency is euros

4. Fan algún desconto se levo varios?

   Will you give a discount if I take several?

   Usage

   Asks for a discount when buying several

   Grammar Note

   Desconto is a RAG word. Levar here means to take or buy. Only the closing "?" is written

5. Isto está feito á man?

   Is this handmade?

   Usage

   Asks whether something is handmade

   Grammar Note

   Á is a + a. Man is feminine and means hand. Feito is the past participle of facer

6. De que material está feito isto?

   What material is it made of?

   Usage

   Asks what material something is made of

   Grammar Note

   Material is masculine; the plural is materiais. The question word que has no accent

7. Pode envolvelo para regalo?

   Can you wrap it as a gift?

   Usage

   Asks the seller to gift-wrap an item

   Grammar Note

   Envolvelo is envolver + o, with the infinitive r becoming l. Regalo is the RAG word for a gift

8. Onde está o mercado nocturno?

   Where is the night market?

   Usage

   Asks where the night market is

   Grammar Note

   Nocturno is the RAG form (not Portuguese noturno). Onde has no accent

9. Pode darme un recibo?

   Can you give me a receipt?

   Usage

   Asks for a receipt

   Grammar Note

   The pronoun me attaches to the infinitive without a hyphen (darme). Recibo is the RAG word for a signed receipt

10. Cal é o horario do mercado?

    What are the market's hours?

    Usage

    Asks the opening hours of the market

    Grammar Note

    The question word cal has no accent. Do is de + o. Horario is spelled as in Spanish

11. Só estou mirando, grazas

    I'm just looking, thanks

    Usage

    Tells a seller you are only looking

    Grammar Note

    Progressive = estar + gerund (mirando). Thanks is grazas, with no gender split

12. Aceptan tarxeta?

    Do you accept card?

    Usage

    Asks whether cards are accepted

    Grammar Note

    Tarxeta is spelled with x (not Spanish tarjeta). Aceptar is a RAG dictionary verb

13. É un recordo para a miña familia

    It's a souvenir for my family

    Usage

    Says an item is a souvenir for your family

    Grammar Note

    Recordo has a RAG sense of an object that serves to remember something, which covers souvenirs. "My" (feminine) is miña

14. Poden enviar isto ao estranxeiro?

    Can you ship it abroad?

    Usage

    Asks whether the shop can ship abroad

    Grammar Note

    Estranxeiro as a noun also means abroad (RAG dictionary), so ao estranxeiro is to foreign countries. Spelled with x

15. Que é o máis fresco hoxe?

    What's the freshest today?

    Usage

    Asks what is freshest today

    Grammar Note

    Hoxe is spelled with x (not Spanish hoy or Portuguese hoje). Note the i in máis. The question word que has no accent

16. Pódese rebaixar o prezo?

    Can the price be lowered?

    Usage

    Asks whether the price can be brought down

    Grammar Note

    Rebaixar has the sense of reducing a price in the RAG dictionary. Pódese is the impersonal "one can"

17. Teñen un tamaño máis pequeno?

    Do you have a smaller size?

    Usage

    Asks whether a smaller size is available

    Grammar Note

    Comparatives use máis + adjective. Tamaño is spelled with ñ. Only the closing "?" is written

18. Está moi caro

    It's too expensive

    Usage

    Says it is too expensive, opening the way to haggle

    Grammar Note

    Very is moi (not Spanish muy). Caro becomes cara with a feminine noun. The RAG dictionary defines it as having a high price

19. o allo

    Garlic

    Usage

    Garlic. The RAG spelling is allo (Portuguese alho, Spanish ajo)

20. a cebola

    Onion

    Usage

    Onion. Feminine; the RAG spelling is cebola

21. o chile

    Chilli pepper

    Usage

    Chilli pepper. The RAG dictionary defines it as a small hot pepper

22. o coandro

    Coriander (cilantro)

    Usage

    Coriander (cilantro). Coandro is the main RAG form; coriandro names the same plant

23. o xenxibre

    Ginger

    Usage

    Ginger. Spelled with x (Spanish jengibre)

24. o iogur

    Yoghurt

    Usage

    Yoghurt. The RAG spelling is iogur

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