Does this make sense?

Question

'Puedo hablar mi orden en espanol a usted?'

español - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

Answer 1

It would make more sense to me to simply order in Spanish than to ask in Spanish if it was OK.

Yes, I agree Lorenzo it would also make for a much simpler sentence :) - FELIZ77, May 20, 2011

Exactly - 005faa61, May 20, 2011

Ironic - GuitarWarrior, May 20, 2011

Answer 2

I would just say "Quisiera pedir en español."

Answer 3

How about:

¿Puedo darle mi orden / pedido en español?

Hey, no copying from Cocha! - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

Who's copying and Who's Cocha ? - anyway seconds after your answer if that is what you mean. - ian-hill, May 20, 2011

Easy, ian, I was just kidding! I hate it when I post an answer just to see that someone posted the same answer while I was typing. ... from Cochabamba ... ... ...? - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

Ok - right - Cocha is what we call Cochabamba - or even CBBA sometimes. - ian-hill, May 20, 2011

IAN ...?! Did YOU forget that you put that in your profile ...? Or did you FALSIFY your profile information??? That's a good way to get banned from the site, you know! - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

HHm, I am sure that Ian is simply stating in his profile that his current location is Cochabamba not that he originates from there :) - FELIZ77, May 20, 2011

Yes, FELIZ, I know. I just like to rib him since I have friends (American & Bolivian) in and from Cochabamba. My comments were meant solely in a good-natured manner, as Ian & I have had some lengthy conversations in the past, and I respect his intellect. - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

Wow! - recognition at last. ::) - ian-hill, May 20, 2011

Answer 4

You coudl say:

Me gustaría (o quisiera) ... dar mi orden (en español = I would like to give my order(in Spanish

(The conditional is used to mean I would like to (do something) if that is okay with you/conditional upon being acceptable to you)

This beauty of this form is that you do not have to change any personal pronoun to use it for the personal/familiar tú when addressing younger people or for the formal Ud to address older people)

If you really want to ask if it is okay to order in Spanish you could say:

¿(Yo) Podría hacerle mi pedido en español? = Could I give you my order in Spanish?

(Le is the indirect pronoun used for the polite form with older people you only need to change the ending from le to te to use it to address younger waiters/waitresses)

I hope this helps

Answer 5

¿Puedo pedir/ordenar en español?

This is even simpler, as long as it was not the intent to specify that the order was to be given to the person being addressed. - hhmdirocco, May 20, 2011

Answer 6

Nice effort!

I think it would sound more natural like this:

"¿Puedo darle (a usted) mi orden en español?"

Answer 7

¿Puedo hacerte un pedido hablando español? Can I give you my order in spanish?

Or ¿Podría hacerle un pedido [a usted] hablando español? Could I be able to give you my order in spanish?