Useful Phrases

1. Fixen esta aplicación

   I made this app

   Usage

   Used to introduce an app you built yourself

   Grammar Note

   The 1st-person preterite of facer is fixen (not Spanish hice). Aplicación is feminine, so the demonstrative is esta

2. Esta aplicación é gratuíta

   This app is free

   Usage

   Tells someone the app costs nothing

   Grammar Note

   Gratuíto carries an accent on the í, and the feminine is gratuíta (unlike Spanish gratuito/gratuita)

3. Tente descargala

   Please try downloading it

   Usage

   Encourages someone to download the app

   Grammar Note

   The object pronoun a becomes la after an infinitive ending in -r (descargar + a → descargala), written without a hyphen

4. Son xaponés / xaponesa

   I'm Japanese

   Usage

   Says your nationality when introducing yourself

   Grammar Note

   The 1st-person singular of ser is son (not Spanish soy). Nationalities are lowercase: xaponés/xaponesa, with x

5. Son viaxeiro / viaxeira

   I'm a traveler

   Usage

   Says you are a traveller when introducing yourself

   Grammar Note

   Viaxeiro derives from viaxe (journey) and is spelled with x. The feminine is viaxeira

6. Viaxo só / soa

   I'm traveling alone

   Usage

   Says you are travelling on your own

   Grammar Note

   Viaxar is written with x (not Spanish viajar). Só (masculine) and soa (feminine) match the speaker's gender

7. É a miña primeira vez aquí

   It's my first time here

   Usage

   A conversation opener about visiting for the first time

   Grammar Note

   The possessive takes an article: a miña. Primeira agrees with the feminine vez and is spelled with -ei-, unlike Spanish primera

8. Podo sacar unha foto?

   May I take a photo?

   Usage

   Asks for permission to take a photo of a person, shop or exhibit

   Grammar Note

   To take a photo is sacar unha foto. Foto is feminine, so the article is unha

9. Podemos sacar unha foto xuntos?

   Shall we take a photo together?

   Usage

   Asks for a photo together with a local or fellow traveller

   Grammar Note

   Xuntos means together and is spelled with x (not Spanish juntos). For an all-female group it is xuntas

10. Escanee o código QR, por favor

    Please scan the QR code

    Usage

    Asks someone to scan the app's QR code

    Grammar Note

    The polite imperative of escanear is escanee. Código is masculine and carries an accent

11. Deixa de enganarme!

    Don't cheat me / Stop ripping me off

    Usage

    A firm protest against being cheated; blunt, so use with care

    Grammar Note

    "Deixar de" + infinitive means to stop doing. Deixa is the informal imperative and sounds firm. The pronoun me follows the infinitive

12. Non me menosprecies!

    Don't underestimate me / Don't look down on me

    Usage

    A firm reply when you feel looked down on

    Grammar Note

    In a negative command the pronoun goes before the verb, in the subjunctive (Non me menosprecies). Menosprezar has z, which becomes c before e

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