Spanish for cashiers - General discussions (2023)

Phineas_Carmichael

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Hello Topia friends, I have a favor to ask you bilingual Topians...

I work in customer service and this time of year there are many migrant workers in this field with very little English. I can see that they are struggling to understand me as I am struggling to understand them and it breaks my heart. I would like to learn enough Spanish to do my job almost bilingually.

Here is the Spanish I need from you if you have time:
1. How do we say numbers up to 100. I can count to 10, but I learned that in preschool.

2. Useful phrases:
A. Can I get you anything else?
B. Would you like a receipt?
C. Would you like a scholarship?
D. Your total is $_____.
Q. I owe you $_____.
F. Is it time for more Sweepstakes?
G. Good day/afternoon/evening.
H. I speak very little Spanish.
I. I do not understand.

4. Any other useful Spanish you could give me would be awesome. I'm tired of having to communicate with gestures and facial expressions!

fungi2bcom

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H- I speak a little Spanish
I- Don't say, or, don't say

All the other Spanish is distracting to me and not very useful for a shop front, it's all kitchen Spanish. Personally, I tell our kitchen moms that they need to learn English if they want to live here. but it's just me......

And they are funny, one of them offered me his 14 year old sister when he came from Mexico with the coyote (I love illegal immigration)

bigjimmy

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Well done, Finn!

Your take on this problem is much better than
o "If they are in America, they must learn English"
host...

I feel the limits of my language skills almost every day
here in AZ, and I'm close to doing something
for this...

Maybe a local Spanish class, maybe this
"Rosetta Stone" announced without a tube.

I don't know enough Spanish to ask yet
Mexican food at one of the local restaurants
my little town (No lettuce please) and
just knowing this limited amount, appreciation
I understand from these people it is amazing!

Although the population here is almost
equally divided, few gringos do a
effort to learn to communicate with them
(mostly) wonderful people who live among us.

As for me, I plan to soon.

Peace, brother

Jimmy

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[quote name='Phineas_Carmichael']

Here is the Spanish I need from you if you have time:
1. How do we say numbers up to 100. I know how to count to 10, but I learned that in preschool.[/QUOTE]

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- here is an audio count to 100 in Spanish
Numbers are easy as long as you remember the "10's" - Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty, Sixty, Seventy, Eighty, Ninety, One Hundred (10,20,30,40,50.....100 )
So the first set of numbers after ten is unique - Once, Doce, Trece, Catorce, Quince, then ..... something cool happens Diez y seis (ten and six), Diez y siete (ten and seven), Deiz y ocho (ten and eight) - and so on. So you really only need to memorize five special words for 11-15 and then remember how to count by tens. Your ability to count to ten (in units) is complementary to higher numbers.
For example: The number 21 is veinte y uno (twenty one). The number 99 is noventa y nueve (ninety nine)
I hope this helps you with the count.

2. Useful phrases:
A. Can I get you anything else? "?Hey but what do you need?"
B. Would you like a receipt? "Necisita un recipio?" or "the account"
C. Would you like a scholarship?
D. Your total is $_____.
Q. I owe you $_____.
F. Is it time for more Sweepstakes?
G. Good day/afternoon/evening.
H. I speak very little Spanish.
I. I do not understand. "Yo no se" (I don't know) or "No intiendo" (I don't understand) or "Please repeat Usted?" (Repeat please)

4. Any other useful Spanish you could give me would be awesome. I'm tired of having to communicate with gestures and facial expressions![/QUOTE]

I will help later when I have more time. The number lesson will take you a few days to figure out.
Very nice of you to make this effort.
The people you deal with will appreciate your hard work.

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tizoc4u

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2. Useful phrases:
A. Can I get you anything else? "?Hey but what do you need?"
B. Would you like a receipt? "Necisita un recipio?" or "the account"
C. Would you like a scholarship? I want, a bag, or get a bag
D. Your total is $_____. the total is____
Q. I owe you $_____. I owe you___
F. Is it time for more Sweepstakes? it's time for more lotteries
G. Good day/afternoon/evening. good day, good afternoon, good evening
H. I speak very little Spanish.
I. I do not understand. "Yo no se" (I don't know) or "No intiendo" (I don't understand) or "Please repeat Usted?" (Repeat please)
hi how are you my name is______

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tizoc4u

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the truth is that integration has been a part of American culture for a long time. the aztec empire along with all native americans were forced into a society where they had to speak, walk and believe in the new world things like christianity, english spanish...which i like many americans in border towns or coastal areas is that "we as Americans" try to integrate with our neighbors. I can't speak for all of us. with piñatas, and buying tortillas at the supermarket and eating off the menu at our restaurant,,,, eating Chinese and trying to embrace all the great culture that surrounds us… it's beautiful to be American because there is no real color for We and I love it .... they make fun of my house because of my fair skin they call me wero. see my family is mexica meztiso and huichol so my mother's skin color is brown, and most of my siblings are very dark, enjoy being american and don't limit yourself, treat yourself to the many cultures that they make America... I wish my relatives wouldn't have given up and still kept the mother tongue, I wish I could understand Nahutl

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Seeker2be

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Not for boxes, but useful: where can I find the hallucinogenic mushrooms, especially the crushed ones? (aborta called :landsides" due to increased power (in Oaxaca). Ha Ha. another question Are there Federals in San Jose de Pacifico (Hautla)?..... You had to be there and I was in 1973.

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daytryptr

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This site can help you

http://imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/spanish/

Be sure to set it to slow or slower. Normal is very fast when you play the translation.

I also see a lot of Spanish speakers in my customer service and it's a good idea to be able to be vocally friendly and be able to communicate better with customers who may not be fluent in English.

However, where I live now it is tourist season. And I have seen all kinds of nationalities in my workplace. French, German and some I didn't quite recognize, somewhere in Europe that looked like Russian but wasn't Russian.

maybe a smartphone can help here too if you hit a language barrier wall. Even if it's just a text message between you and the customer to help you verify (if you're a cashier). I work in the field, more specifically with fruits/vegetables, so it would be helpful to know the Spanish/other language names for them or common phrases in that environment.

Maybe suggest to your manager that the company provides resources to help you better serve your non-English speaking customers. Whether translators are allowed on smartphones, tablets, work computers, etc.

Now that I think about it, there is a touch screen computer next to our time clock. You can simply upload some audio clips and English/Spanish phrases that are used more often on the front or on the ground interacting with customers in other ways.

I love how you care enough to go out of your way to serve your customers better. Almost all employers working in CS service industries know this too and it shows them that you know why it is necessary to help serve your customers better and make them comfortable/happy. :thumbup:

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stone gaze

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You want the easy way and can spend a little money Rosette stone is the way to go. I lived near the border the only thing I learned was to swear no that's good.

drnspdr

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Looks like I'm late lol, I guess I'm a fair English-Spanish translator.

If any of you need any translated text or smtng, send me a pm and I can help

phineas my brother if you need anything ask i will read this thread.

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Hypervision

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That's all you really need to know...

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......... but seriously, kudos to you for approaching it this way. +1 for Phineas

Phineas_Carmichael

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Some great knowledge dropped here, thank you all!

Counting in Danish works the same way: simple numbers up to 20, then "4 and 20", etc. after this. It shouldn't be too difficult. just learning a new set of numbers...

I think I already knew most of the words I wanted to learn by reading Spanish package labels and having friends who "learned" Spanish in high school just make them up, which I couldn't do.

Thanks everyone for the help, now I'm going to practice counting and work on my pronunciation. Keep the utility coming!

drnspdr

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If you need practice, I'm one of those people who stays online all day. :PI

If you need practice, I'm one of those people who is online all day. :PI

Edit: this is not just for phineas, I'm always happy to help, I'm also improving my english.

by the way I'll make the current list, generally, he gets the thank you message, but you know, if you want it right, it's

2. Useful Phrases: "Useful Phrases"
A. Can I get you anything else? "Can I have/offer anything else?"
B. Would you like a receipt? "Do you need a receipt/note?" or "Necesita invoice/invoice" is the first as a receipt/note the other more like an invoice/invoice
C. Would you like a scholarship? "I want a bag"
D. Your total is $_____. "The total order of $____"
Q. I owe you $_____. "I owe you $____"
F. Is it time for more Sweepstakes? is it like asking a colleague if they need more tickets or a customer to buy more tickets? first: Is it time for more lotteries? second: Do you want a lottery ticket?
G. Good day/afternoon/evening. good day, good afternoon, good evening
H. I speak very little Spanish. I don't speak much Spanish.
I. I do not understand. "No se" (I don't know) or "No entiendo" (I don't understand) or "Could you say that again, please?" (Repeat please)

hello how are you my name is______ "hello how are you my name is____"
Did you find everything you wanted? "Am I finding everything you're looking for?"
Here's your change, sir. "Request a change sir/madam. the lady is female"
Cash or credit card? "Cash or credit card?"

Edited by drnspdr on July 21, 2013 - 11:17 pm

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