Getting around
Taxis, markets, directions — the Spanish you need in the first week, in the order you need it.
A1
- Greetings and the fifteen phrases that get you through week one
The phrases you need before any grammar — greeting, asking, apologising, and the two questions that keep a conversation alive when you are lost.
- Survival Spanish: asking for what you need
The phrases that get you food, water, help and a bathroom in Peru, plus the one frame Peruvians actually use to ask for things.
- The 9 Spanish question words, with examples for each
Qué, cómo, cuándo, dónde, quién, cuál, cuánto, por qué and de quién — what each asks, why they all carry accents, and the qué versus cuál problem.
- 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.
- Hay, estar, and saying where things are
Hay says something exists; estar says where a specific thing is. The difference, the prepositions of place, and the two ways to ask for directions.
- Spanish at the pharmacy in Peru
Botica versus farmacia, how to say where it hurts, and the phrases for asking for something without a prescription.
- Spanish for a Peruvian market
How to ask prices by the kilo, use "casera" the way Peruvians actually use it, and get served at a busy stall without hesitating.
- Spanish for taking a taxi in Lima
The eight phrases that actually come up in a Lima taxi, including how fares get agreed before you get in and what to say when the price is too high.
- 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.
- Ordering food in Spanish in Peru
The menú del día, what entrada and segundo actually mean on a Peruvian menu, and the phrases for ordering, asking and paying.
A2
- A, hacia, de: to, towards and of in Spanish
A is the destination you arrive at, hacia the direction you face, de the origin or the link. Plus the two contractions al and del.
- Peruvian menu words, explained
Ceviche, lomo saltado, ají, chicha, causa and the rest — what the words on a Peruvian menu mean and how to say them.
- 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.
- Spanish for an emergency in Peru
The phrases for getting help fast, the numbers to call, and how to report something lost or stolen without hunting for words.
- Spanish for doors, doorways and entrances
Puerta, portón, zaguán and portada — the words for the doorways you will photograph in Peru, and how to describe them.
- Spanish for Peruvian textiles and crafts
Alpaca and acrylic, the words for weaving, silver and ceramics, and the questions that tell you what a craft piece actually is.
B1
- Spanish for accessible tourism: the words, and the current ones
Ramps, signage, guide dogs and staff training in Spanish — plus which disability terms are current in Peru, which are dated, and why person-first order matters.
- Spanish for colonial architecture in Peru
Balconies, patios, cloisters and sillar — the vocabulary for reading a Peruvian colonial street, and the verbs for talking about it.
- Spanish for tourism: booking, arriving and staying
The vocabulary of planning a trip, getting through the airport and checking into a hotel in Peru — plus why travel advice is written in the infinitive.