Grammar guide

Spain Usage Notes

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Spanish in Spain commonly uses vosotros, vale, coger, ordenador, móvil, and piso in everyday contexts.

Spain Usage Notes

Spanish in Spain commonly uses vosotros, vale, coger, ordenador, móvil, and piso in everyday contexts.

¿Vale? Nos vemos luego.

OK? See you later.

Focus: Vale

Dejo el ordenador en el piso.

I leave the computer in the flat.

Focus: ordenador

¿Os apetece coger el metro?

Do you all feel like taking the metro?

Focus: Os

In Spain, coger is a normal verb for taking transport or picking something up.

Pattern tables

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Spain Usage Notes patterns

SpanishEnglishNote
¿Vale? Nos vemos luego. OK? See you later. Vale
Dejo el ordenador en el piso. I leave the computer in the flat. ordenador / piso
¿Os apetece coger el metro? Do you all feel like taking the metro? os / coger

Practice prompts

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Complete: ¿___? Nos vemos mañana.

Answer: Vale

Spanish in Spain commonly uses vosotros, vale, coger, ordenador, móvil, and piso in everyday contexts.

Which sentence uses a common Spain expression?
  • ¿Vale? Nos vemos luego.
  • Dejo el ordenador en el piso.

Answer: ¿Vale? Nos vemos luego.

Spanish in Spain commonly uses vosotros, vale, coger, ordenador, móvil, and piso in everyday contexts.

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