How to Say ‘Do you know a good café?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Conoces un buen café?
koh-NOH-sehs oon bwen kah-FEH
[koh-NOH-sehs oon bwen kah-FEH]
💬 Usage Tip: bueno drops its last letter right before a masculine noun: un buen café, but un café bueno. malo "bad" does the same: un mal día.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Conoces
koh-NOH-sehs
Do you know
'Conocer' means knowing people or places. Stress 'NO': 'co-NO-ces'.
¿Conoces Oaxaca?
Have you been to Oaxaca?
Words in this phrase
Conoces
[koh-NOH-sehs]
you know (are familiar with)
Informal 'you' form of conocer, used for knowing people, places or works.
¿Conoces Oaxaca?
Do you know Oaxaca?
un buen café?
oon bwen kah-FEH
a good café?
'Bueno' shortens to 'buen' before a masculine noun. Stress the end of 'ca-FÉ'.
Es un buen restaurante.
It's a good restaurant.
Words in this phrase
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
buen
[bwen]
good
Short form of “bueno” used before a masculine singular noun.
«Buen» describe «equilibrio» en la expresión.
“Buen” describes “equilibrio” in the expression.
café
[kah-FEH]
café (coffee shop)
A place where you go to drink coffee; also means the drink itself.
Vamos a un café en el centro.
Let's go to a café downtown.
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