Talking with the immigration officer

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Today on the Quick & Easy Spanish Guide you will learn how to answer the questions of the Immigration office when you arrive at the airport for the first time in a spanish speaking country.

So, when you are in front of the immigration officer desk, as always the first thing is to greet showing some respect and education of course... so here we go...

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Immigration officer: buenos dias sr - sra /  good morning Sr - Miss
You: muy buenos días
Immigration Officer: cuál es el motivo de su viaje? / what's the reason of your travel?
You: soy turista y vengo de paseo y diversión. / I am a tourist and I come to travel and have fun.

This is wrong
You: ser turista y venir de paseo y diversión.

Other answers could be
You: vengo a trabajar para la empresa Deluxe. / I'm coming to work for Deluxe enterprise

This is wrong
You: venir a trabajar para la Deluxe empresa

Other answers could be
You: vengo a estudiar en la Universidad Estatal. / I'm coming to study at State University

This is wrong
You: venir a estudiar en la Estatal Universidad

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One of the biggest challenges when people arrive to a new country, especially if it has a different language from yours, is to communicate accurately without embarrassing yourself and demonstrate at least a little bit of knowledge about the language of the country you visit.

The Immigration Officer is the first person you talk with when you arrive to a different country and the first question always will be - what's the reason of your visit to the country? and naturally that person will speak in his native language. This will force you to try to understand and obviously answer in the right manner.

In some cases, depending on the country, giving a wrong answer (only because you don't speak the spanish language) might cost you the revocation of your visit.

These easy and comprehensive answers will assure you a good beginning of your travel.

With these quick tips will look like you master the spanish language in any country you visit, even if you don't know the language previously.

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Talking with the taxi driver in Spanish

Hey what's up dudes!
Today on the Quick Spanish Guide you will learn how to ask the taxi driver take you to the hotel when you arrive to a spanish speaking country.

So, when you get in touch with the taxi driver, as always the first thing is to greet showing some respect and education of course... Here we go...

Taxi driver: buenos días
You: buenos días, cómo esta?

Another answer and really friendly, could be ....
You: buenos días, que tal!
You can talk in this way and you will seem like speaking spanish naturally and fluent.

This is wrong..
You: buen días, como estar?

Probably the taxi driver will understand but you will sound like a really bad machine translator.

Finally, the taxi driver will ask where to take you. This could be in many ways

Taxi driver: hacia dónde se dirige? / where are you going?
Cuál es el nombre del hotel? What's the hotel's name?
You: lleveme al hotel Paraiso, por favor / Please, take me to Paradise hotel. (You just need to change the name of the real hotel and that's all)

This is wrong.
You: llevar a hotel Paraiso.

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What could be the worst event if you give a wrong instruction in Spanish?

In this case, the taxi driver might interpret a different address and drop off in a different place, instead of your hotel or the final destination.

Giving directions in Spanish language is not that difficult as it seems; as long as you pronounce correctly the specific words that will guide the cab driver to a particular place.

Supposing your destination is the hotel, previously you got to know the hotel's name, what's near to it, and finally, learn how to say in Spanish some words like:

- drive me to
- take me to
- drop me off in
- in the corner of
- next to
- avenue
- street
- way
- between

Some of this words well pronounced in Spanish will assure you to arrive to the correct place happily.

With these quick tips will look like you master the spanish language in any country you visit.

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