How do you say can I have a hot dog?

Question

Can I have a hot dog

Answer 1

I'm not native but both puede tener and puede dar seem off to me, at least in situations I can think of around here.

If I were at a table where you take your own hot dogs, say at a picnic I would say

"¿puedo tomar una salchica?"

Or if I was at a fast food place I would say

"¿Me da una salchica? or "¿Me pone una salchicha?"

Now if my mom was going to buy me something from the store and I was a little kid, I might say "puedo tener unas salchichas".

But to me "puede darme" almost makes it seem like, the person may or may not actually be able to for whatever reason.

Just my two cents.

I'm not native, either, but maybe "podría" would be better? - leonada, Nov 6, 2011

Or pudiera? - 0074b507, Nov 7, 2011

Answer 2

Puedo tener una salchicha/ un pancho?

In Colombia a hot dog is a salchicha, in Argentina we say pancho. In other parts perhaps it is perro caliente

Answer 3

Hi! ¿Puede darme un perro caliente por favor?