En el hotel: Sharing Katydew's class dialogues

Question

Lenguaje de hotel: En el hotel

Just sharing class dialogues with my SD friends. Leave a vote, answer, or a comment to let me know if this is helpful to you. As long as someone wants to see these, I'll keep posting them.

A = Recepcionista; B= Persona

A: Buenos días.

B: Buenos días, señor.

A: ¿Tiene habitaciones disponibles?

B: ¿Para qué días?

A: Sólo para esta noche.

B: ¿Para cuántas personas?

A: Para dos personas.

B: ¿Doble o matrimonial?

A: Matrimonial. Para mí y mi esposa.

B: De acuerdo, tenemos una habitación matrimonial disponible para hoy.

A: ¿Cuánto vale la habitación?

B: La habitación cuesta 40 dólares por noche.

A: ¿Es con desayuno incluido?

B: Sí, como no.

A: ¿La habitación tiene aire acondicionando y hay agua caliente en el baño?

B: Sí, por supuesto.

A: De acuerdo, la tomo. ¿Cuál es la hora de check-out?

B: A las 12:00. ¿Va a pagar en efectivo o con tarjeta de crédito?

A: En efectivo. Pero necesito un cajero automático. ¿Hay uno cerca de aquí?

B: Por supuesto, hay uno al frente del hotel.

A: Bien, regreso en seguida.

B: De acuerdo.

Vocabulario: mucama = housekeeper; servicio a la habitación = room service; botones = bellboy; baño compartido = shared bathroom; baño en la habitación = private bathroom; Single = single; king = king; compartidas = shared accomodations; maletas = suitcases

I did several of these. Just type into the Q&A "Katydew's shared dialogues and most of them come up. I was working with my language tutor on these so they should be fairly accurate. She was Chilean. - katydew, Aug 29, 2016

Answer 1

B: Sí. Instead, I'd say, "Sí, como no."

• A: ¿La habitación tiene aire acondicionando y en el baño hay agua caliente? I would probably rather say, "A: ¿La habitación tiene aire acondicionando y calentador de agua?"
• B: Por supuesto, hay uno al frente del hotel. I'd rather say, "Claro que sí, hay uno al frente del hotel" or "Sí, como no, hay uno al frente del hotel"
• Just suggestions!
• Farallon Sevn

Thank you for the addition and suggestions. - katydew, Jun 22, 2012

Does, 'si como no' mean, 'whichever you choose'? - katydew, Jun 22, 2012

Sí, como no, means yes, of course - PumpkinCalabaza, Jun 22, 2012

Thanks PumpkinCalab! You nailed it! It is also used to say, Yes it is and yes it does. - farallon7, Jun 24, 2012

Answer 2

Just bumping this up. I thought some of the newbies would like to learn from this series I was posting several years ago.

I love your optimism. - ray76, Aug 30, 2016

Answer 3

I give this and the other dialogues I looked at two thumbs up. Thanks for publicizing your past posts, I would never have seen them otherwise.

You are welcome. I can't remember how many I did but I think it was around 25 on different topics. I think some of them even had voice added from my tutor. - katydew, Aug 30, 2016

Answer 4

This looks awesome. As for Farallon's suggestion, I would either reword the sentence a bit or just hesitate before the last phrase....

¿La habitación tiene aire acondicionando y el baño...... hay agua caliente?

"....and in the bathroom....is there hot water?"

¿La habitación tiene aire acondicionando y hay agua caliente en el baño ?

"....and there's hot water in the bathroom?"

Thanks Mariana. I added that in as it was just a note to the side, but thought it was important to add to the dialogue since many places only have cold water. Of course, my additions always need tweaking. ;o) - katydew, Jun 22, 2012

Answer 5

I think that this is worth a bump because we so rarely get the chance of

practicing dialogue, this remind me so much of the trip to Spain that

Ian Hill and I had a few months back.Thanks Katya.

Answer 6

Very useful. Thanks Katy!