Money & Exchange

1. Nua è il proxim bancomat?

   Where is the nearest ATM?

   Usage

   The basic question when you need cash. The currency is the Swiss franc (CHF)

   Grammar Note

   Nua (where) comes first, then è and the subject. Proxim means nearest and bancomat is masculine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

2. Po ins pajar cun la carta da credit?

   Do you accept credit cards?

   Usage

   Checks the payment method in a shop or hotel. Literally: can one pay with a credit card

   Grammar Note

   Ins is an impersonal one and pon is a form of pudair. Pajar cun means to pay with. Composed sentence; native review recommended

3. Quant custa?

   How much does it cost?

   Usage

   The shortest way to ask a price. The currency is the Swiss franc (CHF)

   Grammar Note

   Quant (how much) with custa (costs, 3sg of custar)

4. Pudais Vus dar a mai il rest, per plaschair?

   Can you give me the change?

   Usage

   A polite request for your change after paying

   Grammar Note

   Pudais Vus + infinitive makes a polite request. Rest is masculine and means the remainder, here the change. Composed sentence; native review recommended

5. Nua poss jau stgamiar daners?

   Where can I exchange money?

   Usage

   Asks where to change foreign currency into Swiss francs

   Grammar Note

   Poss is the first person of pudair, followed by the infinitive stgamiar. Daners is a plural noun. Composed sentence; native review recommended

6. Èsi il servetsch cumprais?

   Is the service charge included?

   Usage

   Checks in a restaurant whether service is included in the bill

   Grammar Note

   The verb è with enclitic si forms the question. Cumprais is an adjective meaning included. Composed sentence; native review recommended

7. Pudais Vus dar a mai ina quittanza?

   Can you give me a receipt?

   Usage

   A polite request for proof of payment

   Grammar Note

   Pudais Vus + infinitive makes a polite request. Quittanza is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

8. Poss jau pajar en ratas?

   Can I pay in installments?

   Usage

   Asks whether a larger purchase or hotel bill can be paid in installments

   Grammar Note

   Poss is the first person of pudair, followed by pajar. En ratas means in installments. Composed sentence; native review recommended

9. Datti in rabat da gruppa?

   Is there a group discount?

   Usage

   Asks about group rates for tickets or accommodation

   Grammar Note

   Datti is dat (from dar) + ti, an inverted form meaning is there. Rabat is masculine and gruppa is feminine. Composed sentence; native review recommended

10. Jau hai pajà memia bler.

    I paid too much

    Usage

    Says that you were charged or paid too much, without accusing anyone

    Grammar Note

    The perfect is avair (hai) + participle pajà. Memia bler means too much. Composed sentence; native review recommended

11. in deposit

    Deposit

    Usage

    A word card for money left in advance for a booking or rental

    Grammar Note

    Deposit is masculine and has several meanings, including deposit and storage

12. ina restituziun

    Refund

    Usage

    A word card for asking for a refund

    Grammar Note

    Restituziun is feminine and means return or refund

13. ina cauziun

    Security deposit

    Usage

    A word card for a security deposit when renting a room or item

    Grammar Note

    Cauziun is feminine and means security deposit or guarantee

14. in aquint

    Prepayment

    Usage

    A word card for money paid up front, for example when booking

    Grammar Note

    Aquint is masculine and means advance payment

15. in supplement

    Extra charge

    Usage

    A word card for asking about an extra charge

    Grammar Note

    Supplement is masculine and means supplement or extra charge

16. la taxa da servetsch

    Service fee

    Usage

    A phrase for pointing to a service fee line on a bill

    Grammar Note

    Taxa is feminine and means fee. Da servetsch means of service. Composed sentence; native review recommended

17. ils daners contants

    Cash

    Usage

    A word card for paying in cash. Daners is always plural

    Grammar Note

    Daners is a masculine plural noun and the adjective contants is plural too. Together they mean cash. Composed sentence; native review recommended

18. la carta da credit

    Credit card

    Usage

    A word card for naming the payment method

    Grammar Note

    Carta is feminine. Carta da credit means credit card

19. Dividain il quint en parts egualas.

    Let's split the bill evenly

    Usage

    For splitting a bill equally with friends or companions

    Grammar Note

    The first person plural of divider is dividain. Part is feminine, so the adjective is the feminine plural egualas. Composed sentence; native review recommended

20. Tut ensemen

    All together

    Usage

    A phrase for asking to pay the whole bill together

    Grammar Note

    Tut ensemen is a set phrase meaning all together

21. il rest

    The change

    Usage

    A word card for the change. Rest means the remainder

    Grammar Note

    Rest is masculine and means the remainder, here the change

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