Practice Roll 1 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You ask for the document.
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Module 033
You Ask For and You Receive
Use pide for polite “you ask for” and recibe for polite “you receive.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
Lesson 1
You ask for: pide
Use pide when politely saying that one person asks for or requests something. Use pedir after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
pide
you ask for when speaking politely to one person
no pide
you do not ask for
¿Pide...?
Do you ask for...?
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, pide by itself can mean polite you ask for.
Build the meaning step by step
Pide el documento. = You ask for the document.
No pide esto. = You do not ask for this.
¿Qué pide? = What do you ask for?
Use pedir after helper verbs
Quiere pedir esto.
Puede pedir el documento.
Necesita pedir la reservación.
Lesson 1 Practice Rolls
Interpret with pide and pedir
Practice Roll 2 of 30Interpret in English
Pide esto.
Practice Roll 3 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you ask for the reservation?
Practice Roll 4 of 30Interpret in English
No pide el mensaje.
Practice Roll 5 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you ask for?
Practice Roll 6 of 30Interpret in English
Pide la información aquí.
Practice Roll 7 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to ask for this.
Practice Roll 8 of 30Interpret in English
Puede pedir el documento.
Practice Roll 9 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to ask for the reservation.
Practice Roll 10 of 30Interpret in English
Pide lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 11 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to ask for that.
Practice Roll 12 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cuándo pide el documento?
Practice Roll 13 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You ask for it because it is important.
Practice Roll 14 of 30Interpret in English
Pide el documento y lo abre.
Practice Roll 15 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Why do you ask for this?
Lesson 2
You receive: recibe
Use recibe when politely saying that one person receives something. Use recibir after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
recibe
you receive when speaking politely to one person
no recibe
you do not receive
¿Recibe...?
Do you receive...?
Use recibe for the direct polite action and recibir after a helper verb.
Build the meaning step by step
Recibe el documento. = You receive the document.
No recibe esto. = You do not receive this.
¿Qué recibe? = What do you receive?
Use recibir after helper verbs
Quiere recibir esto.
Puede recibir el documento.
Necesita recibir la reservación.
Lesson 2 Practice Rolls
Interpret with recibe and recibir
Practice Roll 16 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You receive the document.
Practice Roll 17 of 30Interpret in English
Recibe esto.
Practice Roll 18 of 30Interpret in Spanish
Do you receive the reservation?
Practice Roll 19 of 30Interpret in English
No recibe el mensaje.
Practice Roll 20 of 30Interpret in Spanish
What do you receive?
Practice Roll 21 of 30Interpret in English
Recibe la información aquí.
Practice Roll 22 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You want to receive this.
Practice Roll 23 of 30Interpret in English
Puede recibir el documento.
Practice Roll 24 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You need to receive the reservation.
Practice Roll 25 of 30Interpret in English
Recibe lo que necesita.
Practice Roll 26 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You do not want to receive that.
Practice Roll 27 of 30Interpret in English
¿Cómo recibe el documento?
Practice Roll 28 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You receive it because it is important.
Practice Roll 29 of 30Interpret in English
Pide el documento y lo recibe.
Practice Roll 30 of 30Interpret in Spanish
You ask for the reservation and receive it here.
Beginner Conversation
Ask for and receive
A: ¿Qué pide?
B: Pido el documento.
A: ¿Cuándo lo recibe?
B: Lo recibo ahora.
A: ¿Dónde lo recibe?
B: Lo recibo aquí.
Language Insights
Pide versus pedir; recibe versus recibir
Direct polite action
Use pide and recibe when speaking politely to one person about what they request or receive.
After a helper verb
After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives pedir and recibir.
Module Challenge
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You ask for the reservation and receive it here.
Pide la reservación y la recibe aquí.
Module Summary / Checkpoint / Progress Save
Module 33 checkpoint
You can now use pide / pedir and recibe / recibir with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and sentence-building blocks.
Your practice progress is saved automatically on this device.