Hello, so I’m here with the lovely Maria from Free Walking Tours Alicante. We’ve
just come from a tour of the mercado central. And we’ve come to a local restaurant called
Trienta e Tantos which serves locally sourced food and stuff like that. And while we wait
for our food, we just thought we would go through a little bit of language (Yeah sure)
Yeah! So how would you say hello? (Hola.) Hola, which I think is a pretty common one
I think isn’t it, a lot of people know to say Hola. Then how about… how are you? (¿Qué
tal?) Qué tal, lovely and that’s a more formal way of saying it? (Qué tal is more
informal) Informal? (Yeah, you’ll say ¿Cómo estás?, like how are you literally) And that’s
more emotional is it to say Cómo estás, like you are more concerned (Yeah) Whereas
in passing you might just say Qué tal (Yeah) Ok, how do you ask how
much does this cost? (¿Cuánto cuesta es el agua?) So it’s Cuánto cuesta. In a similar
kind of vein, how do you ask for the bill if you are in a restaurant or something like
that (La cuenta) La cuenta por favor? The international… ...also works We visited
Greece recently and everyone knows! And por favor is please (Yeah) so La Cuenta por favor,
the bill please And what other kind of phrases do you think people might find useful visiting
Alicante? (¿Una cerveza por favour?) We all know that one, which I believe is, a beer
please (Yeah) Perfect, I think that’s the only sentence I need to know really hehehe.
How about wine? (Una copa de vino) Una copa de vino a glass of wine. Ok, is there a different
between red and white? Yeah red would be Tinto and white blanco. So more of an informal one
how would you ask where is the beach? (¿Dónde Está La Playa?) Dónde Está La Playa, perfect,
so now we know how to get a beer, how to find a beach (You have everything you need!) Do
you have any other favourite phrases or anything like that? (There is a sentence that is used
all around Spain that says ‘Para‘lante como los de Alicante’) ‘Para’lante como
los Alicante’ (Yeah, that was very good!) Thank you! That means something like keep
going as Alicante people do. People from Alicante are known for being hardy and hard working.
It’s history, through history we have a lot of problems, lack of water, lack of food,
many wars. So we always keep going. People from Alicante stay strong. Oh good! And that
phrase is known all over Spain is it? Are people from Alicante known for being hardy.
The best land of the world! Even though times were hard, people were still like we still
known this was the best land in the world? Oh brilliant!