Today’s Spanish lesson I believe will be very useful. You’ll learn how to tell others that you’ve lost something. That way people can help you look around! There are a few ways you can say you’ve lost something. Ill give you some examples with common things that could be lost in a crowd. Well, hopefully not common in case of purses and wallets! But it does happen, and if it happens to you in a foreign country and everyone speaks Spanish but no one around speaks English, then you better learn how to say it.
Lets get right into it:
First, the verb:
perder (pehr-dehr) to lose
First person past perdí (pehr-dee)
Ive lost He perdido (eh pehr-dee-doh) (*Also use this (and perdí) when youve lost something, like a game, a match, a bet, etc)
Example sentences:
Perdí mi billetera I lost my wallet
Perdí my cartera I lost my purse (or bag) (*note: Cartera can also translate to wallet)
Perdí mi pantalla I lost my earring
Perdí mis lentes de contacto I lost my contact lenses
Perdí mi sortija I lost my ring
Perdí un botón I lost a button
Perdí mis gafas de sol I lost my sunglasses
Perdí las llaves del auto I lost the car keys
Other ways to say it:
*He perdido Ive lost
He perdido mi cartera Ive lost my purse
He perdido mi sortija de compromiso Ive lost my engagement ring
*Se me perdió I lost
Plural: se me perdieron
Se me perdió un botón I lost a button
Se me perdieron las gafas I lost my glasses (literally: my glasses)
Se me perdieron las llaves I lost the keys
How do you ask others to help you look? Simple:
Me ayudas a buscar? Can you help me look?
Examples:
Se me perdieron las llaves, me ayudas a buscar? I lost my glasses, can you help me look?
Se me perdió una sortija. Es muy importante para mí, me ayudas a buscar? I lost a ring. Its very important for me, can you help me look?
This is it for now! I hope that was easy to understand. Remember you can contact me via Twitter, or Facebook, and also in the comments.
Until next time! ?
