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Question

I'm writing a sea tale of my experiences as a sailor during my many visits to South America and the Caribbean Sea. Does my attempt at inserting Spanish into the tale make any sense at all?

... I touched her gently on a shoulder, dug deeply into my limited Spanish vocabulary and came up with something that sounded like this: "Hola, señorita. ¿Qué tal?

She turned to me with a smile and said, "Nada de particlar. ¿Y tú?"

"Nada de importante," I said and then pointed to the stool next to her and asked, "¿Puedo sentarme aquí?"

"Sí. ¡Por supuesto!" she said.

So I parked myself on the stool and then asked, "¿Como se llama, señorita?"

"Me llamo Rosa," she said. "Y ¿como se llama?"

Answer 1

Muy bien... A few comments:

Nada de particlar should be particular

Y ¿como se llama? should be ¿Y usted cómo se llama? since se llama can be used with usted, el or ella. So you want to use the personal pronoun to avoid ambiguity.

Thanks, usarenzo, for your corrections. That darn "u" in particular fell right out onto my floor! - Richard-Osburn, Feb 12, 2011