TwitterLearn Spanish – Season 1 – Day 26
Posted on August 3, 2009
Welcome to week 6 of TwitterLearn Spanish. This week we’re asking for directions in the town! Listen to today’s show here:
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Today’s words and phrases:
perdóneme, por favor – “excuse me, please”
¿me puede ayudar? - “can you help me?”
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Tags: asking for directions, asking for help, saying excuse me, town
Aug 12, 2009
While listening to Spanish speakers, I’ve heard it said like this:
¿Puede ayudar me?
Or, familiarly (a friend):
¿Puedes ayudar me?
What is the significance of the difference?
Aug 12, 2009
¡Cuidado! You can indeed say ¿puede ayudarme? (formal) or ¿puedes ayudarme? (informal), but just make sure that the ‘me’ is tagged onto the infinitive. There’s no difference between ¿me puede ayudar? and ¿puede ayudarme? They both mean the same thing, although some speakers may favour one over the other.