Call me and make an appointment.

Question

I'm wondering which is best for Central American/Mexico : (the most common way to say it)

Llámame para concertar una cita. Llámame para hacer una cita. Llámame para programar una cita.

Thanks

Answer 1

Context/ situation would be important here, however, I would go with, "Llámame para hacer una cita", at this point.

Answer 2

If the person you are asking to call you is someone you know personally, I will definitely say, "Llámame para hacer una cita", however, this sounds to me like a doctor's appointment, a parent/teacher's conference or something like that. If that is the case, I will say "Llámeme para hacer una cita" It is formal.

Good context point farallon =] - DJ_Huero, May 10, 2012

Thanks man! You too! - farallon7, May 10, 2012

Thanks farallon, you're always very knowledgable amigo. =] - DJ_Huero, May 10, 2012

I don't see any difference between what I wrote and what you wrote except you spelled Llamame wrong. "Llámame para hacer una cita" "Llámeme para hacer una cita" ?? - RachelC, May 11, 2012

-- or is that a correct way to spell it? - RachelC, May 11, 2012

Oh, Sorry I wasn't more clear RachelC, I didn't spelled it wrong ! Llámame is to be used in an informal setting, and your doctor, a nurse, specialist, teacher, etc. would be considered "formal" . Therefore, Llámeme should be used. - farallon7, May 14, 2012

I was gonna say this. 'Llámeme' is the correct form you should use in an office/business situation. Farallon gave you the proper answer of course. - sinsonte, May 15, 2012

I put it in the Acapela text to speech and I can barely detect the difference but there is a difference. Thanks. - RachelC, May 15, 2012

I have no idea about Acapela, but it's definitly correct for formal situation being the subjunctive/imperative, polite form. - annierats, May 16, 2012

@Farallon - thanks to you or maybe -thanks due to you - sinsonte, May 16, 2012

Hmm, I didn't know about "Acapela text to speech" Thanks Rachel! I learned something new today, thanks to you - farallon7, May 16, 2012

You're welcome! I use that a LOT because sometimes people don't understand my pronunciation. - RachelC, May 19, 2012

http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html (for anyone else interested) - RachelC, May 19, 2012

Awesome! - farallon7, May 21, 2012

Answer 3

Commands Unit - Formal Commands

Thanks. - RachelC, May 15, 2012

De nada - sinsonte, May 15, 2012

Answer 4

Llámeme para pedir una cita. Pedir is the verb I hear all the time at my medical centre in Barcelona.

Good point. - annierats, May 16, 2012

Answer 5

Hmm, I didn't know about "Acapela text to speech" Thanks Rachel! I learned something new today, thanks to you!

Ha ha ha! Sorry man! I was in a hurry and that's the result! - farallon7, May 16, 2012

if you put dashes between the words - it will slow it down because sometimes Acapela speaks too fast to catch the pronunciation! - RachelC, May 19, 2012

Nice, Thanks for the tip! - farallon7, May 21, 2012

Answer 6

Llámeme para hacer una cita

Answer 7

Thanks. I will go with Llámame para hacer una cita as it is an office setting.

You should use Llámeme as the native Spanish speaker informed, since the situation is formal. Spanish has informal/familiar (tú) form and formal (usted) form. - sinsonte, May 15, 2012

Thank you all. I knew that about formal and informal (tu & usted) but didn't know about this subtle change in the spelling for words like this. Google corrected it when I tried typing it that way. - RachelC, May 15, 2012