Arranging to meet: quedar
In Spain, when you arrange to meet someone you use quedar. ¿Quedamos? is the classic way to suggest it: shall we meet? To say who you are meeting, add con.
Don't mix it up with quedarse, to stay:
Do you feel like it? apetecer
Apetecer works exactly like gustar: the thing you feel like is the subject, and the person goes in front as me, te, le, nos, os, les. With a plural thing, the verb is apetecen.
| person | one thing | several things |
|---|
| (a mí) | me apetece | me apetecen |
| (a ti) | te apetece | te apetecen |
| (a él / ella / usted) | le apetece | le apetecen |
| (a nosotros) | nos apetece | nos apetecen |
| (a vosotros) | os apetece | os apetecen |
| (a ellos / ustedes) | les apetece | les apetecen |
Plans: pensar + infinitive
You know pensar as to think. Followed by an infinitive it means to plan to, to intend to: pienso ir, ¿qué piensas hacer?. Like ir a + infinitive it looks ahead, but it stresses what you have in mind.
When?
Pasado mañana is the day after tomorrow and la semana que viene is next week. Check your agenda (diary) first!
Saying yes and saying no
To accept, say ¡Vale!. To say no politely, apologise and give your reason with es que… (it's just that…). Me gustaría (I would like) softens a no; learn it as a fixed expression for now. If you can't say yet, answer depende.
