Welcome back to Coffee Break Spanish. In this lesson, in 68, we're looking at the context

of taking a taxi and we'll be continuing to look at building phrases from the language,

the structures and the grammar that you already know. I hope you find this lesson useful.

So last time we were talking about transport, public transport, taking the train and indeed

other types of public transport too. This week we're still staying on the transport theme but we're

talking about taxis. In Spanish, the word for a taxi is, believe it or not, un taxi.

Un taxi. Okay, so Karah, how would you say if you were in your hotel, how would you say I would

like a taxi? Quisiera un taxi. Muy bien, quisiera, that's one of the ways to say I would like.

Let's see if we can think of other ways to get the message over that you want or you need a taxi.

How would you say I want a taxi? Quiero un taxi. Yeah, Quiero, meaning I want. Now that may

be perceived as being a little direct, if you say Quiero un taxi, it sounds a little direct.

So perhaps Quisiera is a nicer way of saying it. We could also say Meusteria but to be honest,

Quisiera sounds better in this particular situation. How would you say I need a taxi?

Think back to I necessitate a taxi.

Necesito, necesito, necesito. Necesito, un taxi. Yeah, this is one of those words where if

you're in Latin America, it's probably easier because you can just say Necesito and roll sounds,

but in Spain, Necesito, necesito un taxi. Necesito, necesito, un taxi. Yeah, there's another way

that you could ask at reception in the hotel, for example, can you get me a taxi? Now to get

in this sense, it's really to ask for to order. And there's a word in Spanish which is Belir.

Belir, what's your D sound? Belir. Belir means to ask for or to order. So can you order

Me a taxi? Let's see if we can work this out. Let's do the Can part first of all, which

infinitive are we looking for there? From Poder. From Poder, meaning to be able to. So you,

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