How do you say, 'Can I go to the water fountain' ?

Question

How do you say, 'Can I go to the water fountain' ?

Answer 1

I tthink you mean, "May I go to the water fountain?"

In English, grammatically can I means: am I capable of doing something? Only you can answer that lol

However, may I means: will you allow me to / would you give me permission to ....?

You could say it in this way:

¿Me permite ir a la fuente de agua?

There are often many ways to say something in Spanish but I believe that the expression I have given you is a correct form

I hope that this helps

perfecto :) - 006595c6, Oct 7, 2017

Answer 2

"¿Puedo ir al baño?" has been popularized by Señor Wooly (www.senorwooly.com), so I take a variation of that and have my students say, "¿Puedo ir para agua?" Not being a native speaker, I don't know if that 'sounds' right or not. I'd be interested in knowing what others think about "¿Puedo ir para agua?."

welcome to the forum, :) - 006595c6, Oct 7, 2017

You would be better off asking a new question, reviving ancient questions never works particularly well. - bosquederoble, Oct 7, 2017

Heidita, this user asked a question in 2010. This is not a first time user. :) - bosquederoble, Oct 7, 2017

yes she is, bosque, look at her userpage - 006595c6, Oct 7, 2017

danawicks joined SpanishDict (Feb 21, 2010) - bosquederoble, Oct 7, 2017

danawicks asked the question asserruchar - Is this a verb? It appears in this dictionary, but with no English translation. (Feb 21, 2010) - bosquederoble, Oct 7, 2017

¿Puedo ir por agua? Yo voy por el pan. Tú vas por los chorizos. It is por - polenta1, Oct 7, 2017

Answer 3

You would be better off asking a new question, reviving ancient questions never works particularly well. - bosquederobl 1

I agree, danda, why don't you ask a new question yourself?

welcome to the forum,

Rather than make a NEW post, it seemed fitting to include mine here as a comment. A search for this question would still find this post, even as old as it is. That's how I found it. (by the way Dana is not always a girl's name.) Guess I'll make a new one - danawicks, Oct 7, 2017

Conceptually it is a nice idea, and used to be supported, but the general culture of the site currently is to ignore old threads, and expect them to be closed. We are just trying to inform you of the reality of the current site culture. :) - bosquederoble, Oct 7, 2017

Answer 4

Are you asking to go to have a drink of water? Because that's a "bebedero". If this is the case, you may ask:

"¿Me da permiso/Me permite/Puedo ir al bebedero (a tomar un poco de agua)?" ordered from formal to informal.

INteresting GUillermo thank you I have never heard of that word before or remember seeing it used - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2010

the word bebedero - FELIZ77, Aug 12, 2010

It's the way to say it in Argentina. Maybe different in other countries? - 00e657d4, Aug 13, 2010