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Old 23-09-08, 09:20   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Hopper View Post
Dos cerveser por favor (please ignore my spelling, it bad in English never mind Spanish ) is 2 beers please but if I wanted to say 'I would like to buy 2 beers please' what would I say and what would be the breakdown of that sentence re Nouns, Verbs etc.
Hmmm .... you wouldn't really say I would like two beers please.

You would be more likely to say, as a customer, "Give me two beers please." which is "Dame dos cervezas porfavor"

In the mainland, depending on the area, but particularly in Madrid, I have heard "Quisiera una cerveza ......." But here in the Canaries the language is much more direct, if not a little brusk.
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