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7. Bookshop and the stationers

Llibreria i papereria

Bookshop and the stationers

7.1 Buying office stationary 7.2 Buying books 7.3 Ordering books

card (light cardboard)

correction fluid

corrector líquid

goma d'esborrar

felt-tip pen, highlighting pen

goma d'enganxar

packet of folios

recanvi de bolígraf

vermell, vermella

spiral-bound notebook

llibreta amb espiral

paper quadriculat

guia turística

Buying office stationary

Comprar material d'escriptori

I would like
- a packet of DIN A 4 paper
- a notebook

Voldria
- un paquet de fulls DIN A 4 (quatre)
- una llibreta

Do you sell any recycled paper?

Té paper reciclat?

Please, give me a
- spiral-bound notebook
- squared paper notebook
- ruled paper notebook

Posi'm una llibreta
- amb espiral
- de paper quadriculat
- de paper ratllat

Please, give me
- a roll of adhesive tape
- a box of staples
- a bottle of Tipp-Ex
- a packet of labels
- a pencil
- a packet of index cards

Posi'm
- un rotlle de cel·lo
- una capsa de grapes
- un Tipp-Ex
- un sobre d'etiquetes
- un llapis
- un paquet de fitxes

Do you have some yellow fluorescent highlighting pens?

Tenen un retolador groc fluorescent?

I would like
- some scissors
- a stapler
- a ring binder
- a... refill
- a diary

Voldria
- unes tisores
- una grapadora
- un arxivador
- un recanvi de...
- una agenda

I would like
- this folder
- that postcard

Vull
- aquesta carpeta
- aquella postal

I would like a box of paperclips and a box of drawing pins

Voldria una capsa de clips i una de xinxetes

Do you have any coloured drawing pins?

Tenen xinxetes de colors?

Are there any postcards of Güell Park?

Hi ha alguna postal del parc Güell?

Do you know where I can find some stamps and a letter box?

Sap on puc trobar segells i una bústia?

Buying books

Comprar llibres

I need this book

Necessito aquest llibre

I would like a book by... (author's name)

Voldria un llibre de... (nom de l'autor)

I would like
- a horror novel
- an erotic novel

Voldria una novel·la
- de terror
- eròtica

Where can I find
- some illustrated books?
- some books to give as a present?
- some second-hand books?

On puc trobar llibres
- il·lustrats?
- per regalar?
- vells?

Could you, please, wrap the book up for me. It's a present

Emboliqui'm el llibre per regalar

Where is
- the children's book
- the comic book
- the cookery book
- the travel guide
- the foreign language book
- the science book
section?

On és la secció
- de literatura infantil?
- de còmics?
- de llibres de cuina?
- de guies de viatges?
- de llibres en llengües estrangeres?
- de llibres científics?

I would like to look up the catalogue of the... publishing company

Voldria veure el catàleg de l'editorial...

I would like to take out a subscription to the
- ...newspaper
- ...magazine

Voldria subscriure'm
- al diari...
- a la revista...

Do you have any city entertainment guides?

Tenen una guia d'espectacles de la ciutat?

I would like a tourist guide for the Costa Brava

Voldria una guia turística de la Costa Brava

Where can I find a timetable for buses and trains?

On puc trobar un horari de trens i autobusos?

I would like
- a city map
- a road map

Vull
- un plànol de la ciutat
- un mapa de carreteres

How much is it?

Ordering books

Encarregar llibres

May I order
- a dictionary?
- a book?

Puc encarregar
- un diccionari?
- un llibre?

When will you receive my order?

Quan tindran l'encàrrec?

I will come to fetch my order next week

Passaré a buscar l'encàrrec la setmana que ve

Do I have to give you a down payment?

He de deixar paga i senyal?

How much do I have to give you as a down payment?

Quant he de donar de paga i senyal?

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