From the course: Essential Spanish in Two Hours with Paul Noble

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Reserving a room

Reserving a room

(Paul) So, as I said at the outset, to say "visited" in Spanish, we can simply take the English word "visit" and then add the "-ado" from "bravado" onto the end of it, - giving us... - (Carmen) «Visitado». «Visitado». (Paul) Which means "visited" in Spanish. And we can actually use this same trick to create a number of other words in Spanish as well. For instance, to say "reserved" in Spanish, we can take the English word "reserve", and then again, simply add the "-ado" from bravado onto the end of it. Let's do that now. So, take the English word "reserve," and add "-ado" onto the end of it. Doing that, what do you get? (Carmen) «Reservado». «Reservado». (Paul) Again, what is "I have" in Spanish? (Carmen) «He». «He». (Paul) And so, how would you say "I have reserved"? (Carmen) «He reservado». «He reservado». (Paul) And how would you say "You have reserved"? (Carmen) «Ha reservado». «Ha reservado». (Paul) "A room" in Spanish, "a room" is literally "a habitation." And "a room" or "a…

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