Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez

Spanish speaking practice: Checking into a Holiday Apartment – Improve your Spanish with fun drills: speaking, listening, vocabulary, sentence building, and role playing. Plus quizzes.


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¡Hola! Welcome to my podcast, Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez. I’m Maria Fernandez, your Spanish teacher. Today, you’ll learn how to check into a holiday apartment in Spanish—perfect for your next trip!

We’ll listen to a short dialogue, learn all the key vocabulary, and then we’ll practise listening and speaking together. You won’t need a transcript—I’ll guide you every step of the way.

Before we jump in—if you want to take your Spanish further, my online course at kerapido.com/online is packed with dialogues like this one, plus speaking drills, vocabulary boosters, and interactive flashcards that help you master the pronunciation. You’ll find the link in the episode description.


Let’s get started!


Dialogue

Let’s hear a conversation between Marta, a holiday maker, and the apartment receptionist. First, I’ll read one sentence in Spanish, then its English translation.


Marta: Buenas tardes. Tenemos un apartamento reservado a nombre de Gómez.
 Translation: Good afternoon. We have an apartment reserved in the name of Gómez.

Recepcionista: Por aquí, por favor. Como pueden ver, tiene dos baños, dos habitaciones con dos camas, un salón con terraza y ésta es la cocina.
 Translation: This way, please. As you can see, it has two bathrooms, two bedrooms with two beds, a sitting room with a balcony, and this is the kitchen.

Marta: ¿Tiene lavadora y microondas?
 Translation: Does it have a washing machine and a microwave?

Recepcionista: Sí. También tiene lavaplatos, cocina de gas, nevera y congelador.
 Translation: Yes. It also has a dishwasher, gas cooker, fridge and freezer.

Recepcionista: Las mantas y las toallas están en los armarios de las habitaciones.
 Translation: The blankets and towels are in the bedroom wardrobes.

Marta: ¿Qué día vienen a limpiar?
 Translation: What day do they come to clean?

Recepcionista: Los lunes y los jueves.
 Translation: On Mondays and Thursdays.

Marta: ¿Dónde se deja la basura?
 Translation: Where should we leave the rubbish?

Recepcionista: En los cubos grises de la entrada.
 Translation: In the grey bins at the entrance.


Now, you’re going to practise saying each sentence or phrase in Spanish. Repeat after me:

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WHO AM I?💃🏻 I’m Maria Fernandez, a native Spanish speaker from Madrid (Spain). I’ve taught Spanish for over 5000 hours, and counting. My mission is to make you fluent in Spanish super fast. Creating step-by-step lessons for you is one of the things I love most. 😀  Over the last few years I've published a bunch of courses, books and audiobooks. I’ve also studied an insane amount of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese.  To find out more about me, visit my website: kerapido.com

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