need to get a message to maria telephone conversation

Question

I have a job where I need to understand the spanish speaking household members when I call for a student. I have limited spanish, what I need exactly would be the general things to ask as to the whereabouts of the student such as........

Hi, is maria home?

who is this please?

I need to get a message to maria concerning school.

when will she be home?

Could you please take a message for maria?

do you have the number for her cellphone?

and some examples of the general responses, any suggestions?

Answer 1

Hi, is Maria home ? - ¿Hola, Maria es la casa?

Who is this please ? - ¿Quién es este por favor?

I need to get a message to maria concerning school. - Necesito para conseguir un mensaje al Maria con respecto a la escuela.

When will she be home ? - ¿Cuándo ella se va a casa?

Could you please take a message for maria ? - ¿Podría usted tomar por favor un mensaje a Maria?

Do you have the number for her cellphone ? - ¿Tiene el número de su teléfono?

Hope this helps (:

added a tilde - 0074b507, Aug 21, 2009

These are incorrect! You just asked if "Hi, is Maria a house?" - --Mariana--, Aug 21, 2009

Answer 2

Could you please take a message for maria ? - ¿Podría usted por favor un mensaje a Maria?

This seems to be lacking a main verb.

Could you please take a message for maria ? - ¿Podría usted tomar, por favor, un mensaje a Maria?

¿Me permite dejarle un mensaje para Maria?

Answer 3

Without taking the time to learn at least some basic Spanish just learning these phrases won't be much help to you.

What would you say after "Could you please take a message for maria?" and the person on the other ends says (in Spanish) "Yes, what's the message? How will you communicate the message to a Spanish-speaking person.

There's really no quick fix to learning a language.

looking at your name...is this person's name likely to be Maria or María? Many people here omit tildes. - 0074b507, Aug 21, 2009