Love-Spanish.com: Is The Swimming Pool Far Away?

Saturday 17 August 2013

Is The Swimming Pool Far Away?

Introduction

This post deals with indicating how near/ far the swimming pool is in Spanish, and the distance from where you are to the swimming pool.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are with a relative, a friend, a work colleague or even a complete stranger who is looking for the swimming pool and asks you: "is the swimming pool far away?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Queda lejos la piscina?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say how far away the swimming pool is. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative.

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

La piscina queda lejos (the swimming pool is far away)
La piscina queda bastante lejos (the swimming pool is quite far away)
La piscina queda muy lejos (the swimming pool is very far away)
La piscina queda cerca (the swimming pool is near)
La piscina queda bastante cerca (the swimming pool is quite near)
La piscina queda muy cerca (the swimming pool is very near)
La piscina queda a la vuelta de la esquina (the swimming pool is around the corner)
La piscina queda al final de la calle (the swimming pool is at the end of the street/ road)
La piscina queda a dos manzanas (the swimming pool is two blocks away)
La piscina queda a dos cuadras (the swimming pool is two blocks away)
La piscina queda a cinco minutos a pie (the swimming pool is five minutes away on foot)
La piscina no queda lejos (the swimming pool is not far away)
La piscina queda a doscientos metros^* (the swimming pool is 200 meters away)
La piscina queda a trescientos metros^* (the swimming pool is 300 meters away)

Now you should practise answering the question:

¿Queda lejos la piscina?

*See some commonly used length in Spanish below

*Spanish Lengths

Some expressions of length/ distance commonly used in Spanish are shown below:

	Metros	Kilómetros
cien metros	100m
doscientos metros	200m
trescientos metros	300m
cuatrocientos metros	400m
quinientos metros	500m	1/2km
seiscientos metros	600m
setecientos metros	700m
ochocientos metros	800m
novecientos metros	900m
mil metros/ un kilómetro	1000m	1km