Introduction
This
post deals with indicating how near/ far the travel agent's is
in Spanish, and the distance from where you are to the travel
agent's.
SCENARIO
Imagine you are with a relative, a friend, a work colleague or even a complete stranger who is looking for a travel agent's and asks you: "is the travel agency far away?"
In
Spanish, the other person could choose to say:
¿Queda
lejos la agencia de viajes?
OUR
TIP
The
question is an invitation for you to say how far away the travel
agent's 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 agencia de viajes queda lejos (the travel agency is far away)
- La agencia de viajes queda bastante lejos (the travel agency is quite far away)
- La agencia de viajes queda muy lejos (the travel agency is very far away)
- La agencia de viajes queda cerca (the travel agency is near)
- La agencia de viajes queda bastante cerca (the travel agency is quite near)
- La agencia de viajes queda muy cerca (the travel agency is very near)
- La agencia de viajes queda a la vuelta de la esquina (the travel agency is around the corner)
- La agencia de viajes queda al final de la calle (the travel agency is at the end of the street/ road)
- La agencia de viajes queda a dos manzanas (the travel agency is two blocks away)
- La agencia de viajes queda a dos cuadras (the travel agency is two blocks away)
- La agencia de viajes queda a cinco minutos a pie (the travel agency is five minutes away on foot)
- La agencia de viajes queda en el centro (the travel agency is in the town centre/ downtown)
- La agencia de viajes no queda lejos (the travel agency is not far away);
- La agencia de viajes queda a doscientos metros* (the travel agency is 200 meters away);
- La agencia de viajes queda a trescientos metros* (the travel agency is 300 meters away);
Now
you should practise answering the question:
¿Queda
lejos la agencia de viajes?
*See some commonly used length in Spanish below
*Spanish Lengths
- MetrosKilómetros
cien metros 100mdoscientos metros 200mtrescientos metros 300mcuatrocientos metros 400mquinientos metros 500m1/2kmseiscientos metros 600msetecientos metros 700mochocientos metros 800mnovecientos metros 900mmil metros/
un kilómetro1000m1km
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