In lesson 33 we revisit the language learned in earlier lessons for booking into a hotel. Having arrived in Santiago de la Ribera, Kara takes on the role of “Jane Johnston” who needs to check into the hotel.

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In today’s show you’ll learn how to check out at the hotel and ask if you can leave your luggage until you catch your flight. Listen to the audio here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

quisiera pagar la cuenta, por favor – “I would like to pay the bill, please”
¿puedo dejar aquí mi equipaje? - “can I leave my luggage here?”

Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to check out at the hotel and ask if you can leave your luggage until you catch your flight. Listen to the audio here:

Download audio file (tlf-01-10.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

je voudrais régler, s’il vous plaît – “I’d like to settle my bill, please”
je peux laisser mes bagages ici? - “Can I leave my luggage here?”

Remember that by following @learnfrench on Twitter, you can learn French in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to check out at the hotel and ask if you can leave your luggage until you catch your flight. Listen to today’s show here:

Download audio file (tli-01-10.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

vorrei saldare il conto – “I’d like to settle the bill”
posso lasciare i miei bagagli qui? - “can I leave my luggage here?”

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to say that there’s a problem with your room. Listen to the audio here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

hay un problema … – “there is a problem”
con la ducha - “with the shower”
con la televisión- “with the TV”
con el aire acondicionado- “with the air conditioning”

You may also find the following phrases useful. Note that these phrases are not contained in the audio lesson.

hay un problema con la habitación- “there is a problem with the room”
… no funciona – “…doesn’t work”
el aire acondicionado no funciona – “the air conditioning doesn’t work”
la televisión no funciona – “the television doesn’t work”
la caja fuerte no funciona – “the safe doesn’t work”

TwitterLearn introduces you to the basics of the language and we don’t expect to cover every eventuality. However, with the constructions that we introduce to you in the daily tweets and lessons you should be well-equipped to deal with most situations, and you can easily use a dictionary to find the word for whatever doesn’t work in your room, then combine it with the expression hay un problema con… or … no funciona.

Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to say that there’s a problem with your room. Listen to today’s show here:

Download audio file (tli-01-09.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

c’è un problema- “there’s a problem”
con la doccia - “with the shower”
con la televisione - “with the television”
con l’aria condizionata – “with the air conditioning”

TwitterLearn introduces you to the basics of the language and we don’t expect to cover every eventuality. However, with the constructions that we introduce to you in the daily tweets and lessons you should be well-equipped to deal with most situations, and you can easily use a dictionary to find the word for whatever doesn’t work in your room, then combine it with the expression c’è un problema con…

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to ask when breakfast is served in the hotel and to understand some possible answers. Listen to the audio here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

a che ora è la prima colazione? – “at what time is breakfast?”
alle sette - “at seven o’clock”
alle otto - “at eight o’clock”
alle nove – “at nine o’clock”

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In today’s show you’ll learn how to ask for a single and double room. Listen to the audio here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

vorrei una camera – “I would like a room”
una camera singola - a single room
una camera matrimoniale - “a double room”
una camera doppia - “a double room” (alternative)

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

One of the first things you’ll have to do on your visit to Italy is check into the hotel. We’ll be concentrating this week on a few useful phrases to help you do just that. Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

l’albergo – “the hotel”
ho una prenotazione - “I have a reservation”
non ho prenotazione - “I don’t have a reservation”

Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

One of the first things you’ll have to do on your visit to a French-speaking country is check into the hotel. We’ll be concentrating this week on a few useful phrases to help you do just that. Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

l’hôtel – “the hotel”
j’ai une réservation - “I have a reservation”
je n’ai pas de réservation - “I don’t have a reservation”

Remember that by following @learnfrench on Twitter, you can learn French in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

One of the first things you’ll have to do on your visit to a Spanish-speaking country is check into the hotel. We’ll be concentrating this week on a few useful phrases to help you do just that. Listen to today’s show here:

Download audio file (tls-01-06.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

el hotel – “the hotel”
tengo una reserva - “I have a reservation”
no tengo reserva - “I don’t have a reservation”

Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara continue the topic of hotels. Listeners will learn how to ask for different kinds of rooms, and deal with problems associated with hotel rooms.

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