Music & Entertainment

1. Onde podo escoitar música en directo esta noite?

   Where can I hear live music tonight?

   Usage

   Use to find a place with live music

   Grammar Note

   "Escoitar" means to listen attentively. Live music is "música en directo"

2. Como se chama este instrumento?

   What is this instrument called?

   Usage

   Use to ask the name of an unfamiliar instrument; in Galicia you will often hear the "gaita" (bagpipe)

   Grammar Note

   After an interrogative the pronoun "se" goes before the verb ("Como se chama…?")

3. Hai algún concerto esta noite?

   Is there a concert tonight?

   Usage

   Use to ask whether there is a concert this evening

   Grammar Note

   "Hai" is the invariable existential form. "Algún" matches the masculine "concerto" (feminine: algunha)

4. Quería mercar unha entrada para o espectáculo.

   I would like to buy a ticket for the show.

   Usage

   Polite phrase for buying a ticket at the counter

   Grammar Note

   An admission ticket to an event is "entrada". "Quería" is a polite wish form

5. Pode tocar algo tradicional?

   Can you play something traditional?

   Usage

   Use to ask a musician for traditional music

   Grammar Note

   "Tocar" also means to play an instrument. The formal "vostede" takes a third-person verb

6. Onde podo mercar música local?

   Where can I buy local music?

   Usage

   Use to ask where to buy local music recordings

   Grammar Note

   "Música" is feminine. "Local" is an adjective with the same form for both genders

7. Como se chama esta canción?

   What is this song called?

   Usage

   Use to ask the title of a song you hear

   Grammar Note

   "Canción" is feminine, so the demonstrative is "esta". The plural of -ción is -cións

8. Gústame moito este tipo de música.

   I really like this kind of music.

   Usage

   Use to express your liking for a kind of music

   Grammar Note

   "Gustar" works as "it pleases me": the thing liked is the subject. "Me" attaches to the verb without a hyphen

9. A que hora comeza o espectáculo?

   What time does the show start?

   Usage

   Use to ask when a performance starts

   Grammar Note

   "What time" is "a que hora". "Comezar" corresponds to Spanish "empezar"

10. Esta música é fermosa.

    This music is beautiful.

    Usage

    Use to compliment music

    Grammar Note

    "Fermosa" is the feminine form agreeing with "música"; the masculine is "fermoso"

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