How can I express this sentence in Spanish?

Question

“he asked me for a lift to London"

When I check this sentence in the dictionary, all the translations use ¨ascensor¨,which is wrong . So how can I espress this ?

I hope you don't mind me editing your post :) - MaryMcc, Oct 11, 2011

Answer 1

There are a number of ways to say this. Note I'm not a native speaker! But here are two ways:

Me pido que lo llevara a Londres en mi coche.

Me pido que le diera a él un aventón hasta Londres.

Aventón would translate as "lift" in this case.

Answer 2

Sometimes, as you have found, a direct translation doesn't work. In that case try expressing the English sentence slightly differently. For example you could say "He asked me to drive him to London" or "he asked me to take him to London in my car". See if that makes it any easier.

Oh and I see you are learning English too, try to remember to use correct capitalisation and spelling in your posts as many other people are learning English too and may not be as advanced as you.

By the way I hope that didn't sound harsh, your English is generally good. - MaryMcc, Oct 11, 2011