You Enter and You Leave
Use entra for polite “you enter” and sale for polite “you leave” or “you go out.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
You enter: entra
Use entra when politely saying that one person enters. Use entrar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, entra by itself can mean polite you enter.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with entra and entrar
You leave or go out: sale
Use sale when politely saying that one person leaves or goes out. Use salir after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use sale de when expressing leaving a place.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with sale and salir
Enter, ask, and leave
A: ¿Entra aquí?
B: Sí, entro ahora.
A: ¿Cuándo sale?
B: Salgo después.
A: ¿Puede abrir la puerta?
B: Sí, abro la puerta y entro.
Entra versus entrar; sale versus salir
Direct polite action: use entra and sale when speaking politely to one person.
After a helper verb: after quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives entrar and salir.
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You open the door, enter, and leave afterward.
Module 24 checkpoint
You can now use entra / entrar and sale / salir with familiar questions, helpers, places, and sentence-building blocks.
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