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What is the best way to ask about a recent event? What is the best way to react to unexpected news?  \nIn this article, you’re going to find a list of essential Spanish phrases you can use when catching up with Spanish friends.  \nWe picked the phrases in this article after breaking down hundreds of Spanish conversations to work out the most common ways to express yourself at different stages of a conversation.  \nThis means you’ll probably need at least a few, if not all, of these phrases in your next interaction in Spanish.  \nYou can use this resource every time you plan to have a conversation in Spanish and you want to improve the conversation flow.  \nPlanning a conversation  \nBefore you start a conversation with a Spanish friend, you first need to plan the logistics.  \nFor example, you may need to schedule a day and time for the catch up as well as a place to meet.  \nThen, when you see that friend in person, you’ll need to plan the activity for the day.  \nFor example, are you going for a coffee, a beer, or maybe you are going to sit down for lunch?  \nIn this section, you’ll learn 5 important phrases that will help you plan a Spanish conversation.  \n1. ¿Te apetece…?– Are you up for…?  \nA great Spanish verb that will allow you to ask someone if they are ‘up for’ something is the verb apetecer.  \nWhenever you want to ask a friend if they ‘feel like’a drink, or if they are ‘up for’going to the park, then this is one of the best verbs to use.  \nKeep in mind that apetecer behaves like a verb like gustar, which means you’ll need to use the indirect object pronoun te for informal and le for formal conversations with this verb.  \nFor example:  \nEnglish: Are you up for catching up this week?  \nEspañol: ¿Te apetece vernos esta semana?  \nEnglish: Are you up for a drink after work?  \nEspañol: ¿Te apetece tomar algo después del trabajo?  \nNote one of the best ways to casually refer to ’a drink’ or ‘something to drink’ in Spanish is the phrase tomar algo.  \nEnglish: Would you like to take a trip to the mountains this weekend?  \nEspañol: ¿Te apetece hacer un viaje a las montañas este fin de semana?  \n2. ¿Te va bien? / ¿Te parece bien?– Does that work for you?  \nAfter your friend has confirmed they want to catch up with you, you then need to planthe details.  \nOne of the best ways to ask someone if something ‘works for’ them is to use the verb phrases ‘te va bien’ or ‘te parece bien’.  \nNote you can use these two verb phrases interchangeably.  \nFor example:  \nEnglish: Is 7:00 p.m. okay with you? / Does 7:00 p.m. work for you?  \nEspañol: ¿Te parece bien a las 7:00?  \nEnglish: I’m busy today. Does tomorrow work for you?  \nEspañol: Hoy estoy ocupado. ¿Te va bien mañana?  \nEnglish: Are you okay to get up very early on Saturday?  \nEspañol: ¿Te va bien levantarte muy temprano el sábado?  \n3. Tener que – to have to  \nWhile sorting out the details of your Spanish conversation, you may want to note that you also have other commitments around the time of the catch-up.  \nIf you ever need to say that you ‘have to’ do something, then you’ll need the phrase‘tener que’.  \nFor example:  \nEnglish: I have to be home by 8:30 pm.  \nEspañol: Tengo que estar en casa a las 8:30.  \nEnglish: I have to finish this email and then I’ll go to the bar.  \nEspañol: Tengo que terminar este correo y entonces voy al bar.  \nEnglish: I have to run an errand in the morning but I'm free in the afternoon.  \nEspañol: Tengo que hacer un recado por la mañana, pero estoy libre por la tarde.  \n4. Ya te aviso / ya te digo – I’ll let you know  \nWhenever you need to go away and check something so you can get back to your friend later because you don’t have the answer right then and there, there are two really useful phrases you can use‘ya te digo’ and‘ya te aviso’.  \nThese two phrases don’t translate smoothly betw","cbCaivCqOlYHHNbl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivCqOlYHHNbl","pdf",1040210,16,"English","# Planning a conversation\n## Asking someone if they are up for something (¿Te apetece...?)\n## Checking if a plan works (¿Te va bien? / ¿Te parece bien?)\n## Expressing obligation (Tener que)\n## Promising to check and update (Ya te aviso / Ya te digo)\n## Suggesting a shared check (A ver...)\n# Getting a conversation started\n## Meeting someone (Te presento...)","[{\"question\":\"How do you ask a Spanish friend if they are up for something?\",\"answer\":\"Use “¿Te apetece…?” based on the verb apetecer. 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