Airport & Customs

1. Si us plau, mostri el seu passaport

   Si us plau, mos-tri el seu pas-sa-port

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   "Si us plau" = please (Catalan polite expression)

2. Quin és el propòsit de la seva visita?

   Kin es el pro-po-zit de la se-va vi-zi-ta?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Quin" = which/what (masculine form)

3. Quantes nits té pensat quedar-se?

   Kwan-tes nits te pen-sat ke-dar-se?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Quantes" = how many (feminine form)

4. Té alguna cosa a declarar?

   Te al-gu-na ko-za a dek-la-rar?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Té" = do you have (third-person singular, the polite vostè form)

5. El meu equipatge no ha arribat

   El meu e-kwi-pat-zhe no a a-ri-bat

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "No ha" = has not (negative present perfect)

6. Aquest és equipatge de mà

   A-kest es e-kwi-pat-zhe de ma

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "De mà" = of hand; "mà" = hand

7. Estic en trànsit

   Es-tik en tran-zit

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "En" = in/at (preposition)

8. On és la porta d'embarcament?

   On es la por-ta dem-bar-ka-men?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "On" = where

9. Quan comença l'embarcament?

   Kwan ko-men-sa lem-bar-ka-men?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Quan" = when

10. On és la botiga lliure d'impostos?

    On es la bo-ti-ga lyiu-re dim-pos-tos?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    "Lliure" = free/exempt, "impostos" = taxes

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