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Una habitación en el pueblo

An email to a small country hotel: two nights, a dog and a question about parking.

A polite enquiry by email. Watch me gustaría (“I would like”) and the questions introduced by si: Quería saber si …

From Jorge Sanz

To Casa rural

Subject Una habitación para el fin de semana

Hola:

Me llamo Jorge Sanz. Me gustaría reservar una habitación para dos personas y dos noches, del viernes 14 al domingo 16 de mayo.

Viajamos mi mujer, yo y nuestro perro, que es pequeño y muy tranquilo. ¿Se puede ir con perros a su casa?

También quería saber si el desayuno está incluido en el precio y si hay un sitio para aparcar el coche cerca de la casa.

Queremos andar por la montaña. ¿Nos puede recomendar algún camino?

Muchas gracias y un saludo,

Jorge Sanz

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Spanish for travelling

Words: 91
Sentences: 8
Words per sentence: 11.4
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

Me gustaría reservar
Me gustaría + infinitive is the polite way to state a wish: Me gustaría reservar una habitación. Asking politely →
quería saber si
Indirect yes/no questions start with si: quería saber si el desayuno está incluido. Indirect questions →
¿Se puede ir con perros
¿Se puede …? asks impersonally whether something is allowed: “Is it possible to …?”, “Can one …?” The impersonal se: «one» →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 10 of the 67 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

andar
to walk
A2
aparcar
to park
A2
el coche
the car
A2
el perro
the dog
A2
el precio
the price
A2
incluir
to include
A2
recomendar
to recommend
A2
reservar
to book
A2
tranquilo
calm, relaxed
A2
viajar
to travel
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 18 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Irregular verbs 6 Numbers and time 6 Travel and transport 4 Person and family 3 Greetings and politeness 2 The most important verbs 2 Living and the household 2 Everyday words A1 1 Words for everything 1 Shopping and money 1 Food and drink 1 Feelings and character 1 Words for facts and things 1 Months, tens and what was missing between them 1 At the restaurant 1 The town and finding your way 1 Animals and the countryside 1 Weather and seasons 1

Comprehension questions

4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. ¿Cuántas noches quiere reservar Jorge?

2. ¿Con quién viaja Jorge?

3. ¿Qué quiere saber sobre el desayuno?

4. ¿Qué pide al final?