Breakdown of Me gustaría agendar otra cita para cortarme el pelo rizado.
para
for
me
to me / me (direct object)
gustar
to like
la cita
the appointment / the date (social/romantic outing)
el pelo
the hair
cortar
to cut
otro
other
agendar
to schedule
rizado
curly
Questions & Answers about Me gustaría agendar otra cita para cortarme el pelo rizado.
How does the polite request work in this sentence with me gustaría?
We use me gustaría (I would like), which is the conditional form of gustar. It is much softer and more polite than saying quiero (I want) when asking for a service. As taught in this lesson, me gustaría is immediately followed by an infinitive verb—in this case, agendar (to schedule).
Why is it just otra cita and not una otra cita for "another appointment"?
Why is the me attached to the end of cortar to make cortarme?
Because cortar is in its basic infinitive form here (it comes after the preposition para), grammar rules allow us to stick the pronoun me directly onto the end of it. The me is used because getting a haircut in Spanish is expressed reflexively, meaning you are having the action done to yourself.
The translation says "my curly hair." Why does the Spanish use el pelo instead of mi pelo?
In Spanish, when it is already obvious whose body part is involved (thanks to the me in cortarme), you use a definite article like el instead of a possessive word like mi. So, cortarme el pelo literally translates to "to cut myself the hair," which is the standard way to say "to get my hair cut."
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