Signing up for a walking event | Learn Spanish in English

Spanish lesson set in a contemporary Madrid everyday setting: At an event registration desk, two adults ask about joining a walking event and fill out a sign-up form..

EN → ES / Level: A1

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Use Signing up for a walking event to practice Spanish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

¿Cuánto cuesta participar en el evento de caminata?

KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah pahr-tee-see-PAHR ehn ehl eh-BEHN-toh day kah-mee-NAH-tah How much does it cost to join the walking event?
C

Es gratis para los residentes de la ciudad.

ehs GRAH-tees PAH-rah lohs reh-see-DEN-tehs day lah syooh-DAHD It is free for city residents.
B

Nos gustaría inscribirnos juntos.

nohs goos-tah-REE-ah een-skree-BEER-nohs HOON-tohs We would like to sign up together.
C

Por favor, escriban sus nombres, direcciones y números de teléfono en este formulario.

pohr fah-BOHR, ess-KREE-bahn soos NOHM-brehs, dee-rehk-see-OH-nehs ee NOO-meh-rohs day teh-LEH-foh-noh ehn EHS-teh fohr-moo-LAH-ree-oh Please write your names, addresses, and phone numbers on this form.
A

¿También debemos añadir una dirección de correo electrónico?

tahm-BYEN deh-BEH-mohs ahn-yah-DEER OO-nah dee-rehk-SYOHN day koh-REH-oh eh-lehk-TROH-nee-koh Should we add an email address too?
C

Esa parte es opcional.

EH-sah PAHR-teh ehs ohp-syoh-NAHL That part is optional.
B

¿Qué enviarán si añadimos una?

KAY em-BYAH-RAHN see ahn-yah-DEE-mohs OO-nah What will you send if we add one?
C

Enviaremos el horario del próximo evento.

em-BYAH-reh-mohs ehl oh-RAH-ryoh dehl PROHK-see-moh eh-BEHN-toh We will send the schedule for the next event.

Word by Word

Cuánto Cuánto asks for the amount or price in ¿Cuánto cuesta participar en el evento de caminata? It is useful in questions about how much something costs or how much of something there is.
cuesta Cuesta asks what amount is required in ¿Cuánto cuesta participar...? It is a form of costar and commonly appears with ¿Cuánto...? when asking about a price.
participar Participar means to take part or join the event here. It is the infinitive after cuesta and is used with en for the activity or event someone joins.
en En links participar with the event in participar en el evento de caminata, giving the activity someone takes part in. A reusable pattern is participar en + an activity or event.
el El means the before evento in el evento de caminata, referring to a specific event. It is used before a singular noun such as evento.
evento Evento means event in el evento de caminata, the organized activity people may join. It can be used with de to identify the type of event.
de De connects evento with caminata in el evento de caminata, identifying what kind of event it is. A reusable pattern is noun + de + activity or type.
caminata Caminata identifies the walking event in el evento de caminata. It is useful after evento de when naming a walking activity.
Es Es states that the relevant participation or event is free in Es gratis para los residentes de la ciudad. It is a form of ser and is commonly followed by a description such as gratis.
gratis Gratis means free of charge in Es gratis para los residentes de la ciudad. A reusable pattern is Es gratis para + a person or group.
para Para marks the people for whom the event is free in gratis para los residentes de la ciudad. It commonly introduces the person or group that receives a benefit or applies to a condition.
los Los means the before residentes in los residentes de la ciudad, referring to a specific group of residents. It is used before a plural noun.
residentes Residentes means residents, the people who live in the city here. It is the plural form of residente and can be used in los residentes de + a place.
la La means the before ciudad in la ciudad, referring to a specific city. It is used before a singular noun such as ciudad.
ciudad Ciudad means city in los residentes de la ciudad. It identifies the place whose residents receive the free participation, and it can follow de when naming a place connected to residents.
Nos Nos identifies the people who would like to sign up in Nos gustaría inscribirnos juntos. It is used before gustaría in this expression to show whose wish is being described.
gustaría Gustaría expresses would like in Nos gustaría inscribirnos juntos, making the wish polite. It is a form of gustar and is followed here by the infinitive inscribirnos.
inscribirnos Inscribirnos means to sign ourselves up in Nos gustaría inscribirnos juntos. It is inscribir with nos attached and can be reused after an expression of wanting or liking to sign up.
juntos Juntos means together and shows that the speakers want to sign up as a group in inscribirnos juntos. It can be placed after an action to show that people do it jointly.
Por favor Por favor politely introduces the request in Por favor, escriban sus nombres, direcciones y números de teléfono en este formulario. Por is the first component and favor is the second; together they make the fixed meaning please.
escriban Escriban asks the people addressed to write the requested information in Por favor, escriban sus nombres... It is a form of escribir and can be used after Por favor when directing several addressed people to write something.
sus Sus marks the names, addresses, and phone numbers as belonging to the people addressed in sus nombres, direcciones y números de teléfono. It is placed before the noun or noun phrase that belongs to them.
nombres Nombres means names in sus nombres, the first information requested on the form. It is the plural form of nombre and is used after sus here.
direcciones Direcciones means addresses in sus nombres, direcciones y números de teléfono. It is the plural form of dirección and is one of the items listed after escriban.
y Y joins the items in nombres, direcciones y números de teléfono into one list. It is used before the final item in a series.
números Números means numbers in números de teléfono, referring here to phone numbers. It is the plural form of número and is followed by de teléfono to specify the type of numbers.
teléfono Teléfono means telephone or phone in números de teléfono. The phrase números de teléfono identifies the requested numbers as phone numbers.
este Este means this and points to the form being given in este formulario. It is placed before the noun that identifies the nearby or current item.
formulario Formulario means form, the document on which the information should be written in escriban ... en este formulario. It can be used after en when naming the form where information is entered.
También También adds another item to the information being discussed in ¿También debemos añadir una dirección de correo electrónico? It means also or too and can introduce an additional question or action.
debemos Debemos asks whether the group should or must add the email address in debemos añadir una dirección de correo electrónico. It is a form of deber and is followed here by the infinitive añadir.
añadir Añadir means to add the email address in debemos añadir una dirección de correo electrónico. It is the infinitive after debemos and can be followed by the item being added.
una Una introduces a single address in una dirección de correo electrónico. In añadimos una, it stands for one email address, so the noun does not need to be repeated.
dirección Dirección means address in dirección de correo electrónico. It identifies the item being added, and it is followed by de correo electrónico to specify the kind of address.
correo Correo is the mail component of correo electrónico in dirección de correo electrónico. Correo and electrónico work together to identify email, so the whole expression means email address.
electrónico Electrónico specifies that the correo is electronic in correo electrónico. Together, correo electrónico identifies email and is used after dirección to name an email address.
Esa Esa points back to the email-address section in Esa parte es opcional. It means that and is used before parte to identify a particular part already under discussion.
parte Parte means part in Esa parte es opcional, referring to the email-address section of the form. It can be used with a demonstrative such as Esa to point to a specific section.
opcional Opcional means optional in Esa parte es opcional, so that part is not required. A reusable pattern is a section or item + es opcional.
Qué Qué asks what thing will be sent in ¿Qué enviarán si añadimos una? It is used before a verb when asking for the thing involved in an action.
enviarán Enviarán means will send in ¿Qué enviarán si añadimos una?, referring to what the event desk or organizers will send. It is a form of enviar and can be followed by the item that will be sent.
si Si introduces the condition in si añadimos una: the sending depends on whether the email address is added. It commonly links a condition with the result or action connected to it.
añadimos Añadimos describes the group adding one email address in si añadimos una. It is a form of añadir and follows si to state the condition.
Enviaremos Enviaremos states that the group will send the schedule in Enviaremos el horario del próximo evento. It is a form of enviar and is followed by the item being sent.
horario Horario means schedule in Enviaremos el horario del próximo evento. It identifies the timetable for the next event and can be used with the event it belongs to.
próximo Próximo means next or upcoming in el próximo evento, identifying the event that comes after the current one. It is placed before evento in this expression.

Grammar Points

¿Cuánto + verbo?

¿Cuánto cuesta?

KWAHN-toh KWEHS-tah

How much does it cost?

Use cuánto before the verb to ask about an amount or price.

Futuro: enviaremos / enviarán

Enviaremos.

em-BYAH-reh-mohs

We will send.

The ending -remos marks “we will”; -rán in enviarán marks “they will.”

Spanish Vocabulary

ciudad noun
syooh-DAHD city
cuánto adv
KWAHN-toh how much
cuesta verb
KWEHS-tah costs
escriban verb
ess-KREE-bahn write
evento de caminata phrase
eh-BEHN-toh day kah-mee-NAH-tah walking event
gratis adj
GRAH-tees free
gustaría verb
goos-tah-REE-ah would like
inscribirnos verb
een-skree-BEER-nohs to sign up
juntos adv
HOON-tohs together
nombres noun
NOHM-brehs names
participar verb
pahr-tee-see-PAHR to participate
residentes noun
reh-see-DEN-tehs residents

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

We would like to sign up together.

Show AnswerNos gustaría inscribirnos juntos.

That part is optional.

Show AnswerEsa parte es opcional.

What will you send if we add one?

Show Answer¿Qué enviarán si añadimos una?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

would like

Show Answergustaría

how much

Show Answercuánto

to participate

Show Answerparticipar

residents

Show Answerresidentes