SHOULDA: The verbs “should have (done)” should remind you of the perfect conditional. But there’s ONE extra step. In Spanish, we take the verbdeberand conjugate it in the simple conditional, then add the verbhaberin the infinitive, ending with a past participle. It looks like this: de...
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The ability to speak with vendors in the market about what produce is in season, ask the waiter for the best dish on the menu, or even just say hello will increase your enjoyment of your new home. And you will find that people will more often than not greet your effort with a smile...
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However, breakfast in our hotel showed us that just a simple “Thank you” in the local language can bring a smile to even a taciturn waiter: As we ordered from the Menu, the waiter was silent and appeared quite tense. When he brought our plates, Ulrike thanked him with a friendly “...
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3.As well as serving drinks when a waiter brings drinks to a table, it can also be used to say “pour”. “Puis-je vousservirun peu de vin ?”–Can I pour you some wine? 4.It can also be used to express the purpose of something, which could be translated to “serve as” or...
Moreover, English doesn't have gender or word agreement. Only people and animals have a sex classification (man/woman, waiter/waitress, bull/cow, etc.), but the adjective you use to describe any of these nouns would have the same form. ...