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Is it possible to write like this in Spanish?

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¿Tiene sellos para postal para alemania, por favor? = Do you have stamps for a letter to Germany?

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updated Mar 18, 2011
posted by SofiainDC

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This may a regional thing with Sello being used as Stamp in Spain, but in Mexico it would be Estampilla or Timbre for Stamp and Sello would be Seal. I would say "Quisiera estampillas para enviar una tarjeta postal (o una carta) a Alemania."

updated Mar 18, 2011
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
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¿Tiene sellos para enviar una carta a Alemania (,por favor) ?

= Do you have stamps to send a letter to Germany (,please) ?

una carta (fem)= a letter

un postal (masc)= postcard

para = in order to . We would just say: to send in English

A more polite way to ask which involves a more advanced sentence construction would be:

''Me gustaría (comprar) un sello para enviar una carta a Alemania''

= ''I would like (to buy) a stamp in order to send a letter to Germany''.

It is good to be aware of this but please don't feel you have to use it At your level using please should be sufficiently polite (witth an appropriate tone of voice of course). I had purposefully avoided providing that one as I saw from your profile that you are a beginner in Spanish. Julian Chivis has given you a more polite but advanced way of saying it

I hope that helps grin

updated Mar 18, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
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I don't see why not - but if its incorrect, then I guess I'll learn something here too!

updated Mar 18, 2011
posted by jtt96