Money and bargaining
Soles, small change, paying by phone, and the script for agreeing a price without either side losing face.
A1
- Numbers, telling the time, and dates in Spanish
Counting to a million, the two things that change with gender, how Spanish tells the time, and why the date order will catch you out.
- Money and prices in Spanish in Peru
Soles and céntimos, why nobody has change, how to say prices out loud, and the Spanish you need for paying by Yape or card.
A2
- Too + adjective in Spanish: demasiado, not muy
English too is demasiado. Está muy caro and está demasiado caro are different sentences, and in a market they are different moves.
- How to bargain in Spanish in Peru
Where bargaining is normal and where it is rude, the four phrases that do the whole job, and how to walk away without offending anyone.