How to Say ‘Do you know if there's room upstairs?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Sabe si hay lugar arriba?
SAH-beh see eye loo-GAR ah-RREE-bah
[SAH-beh see eye loo-GAR ah-RREE-bah]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Sabe si
SAH-beh see
Do you know if
This is the formal 'usted' form of 'saber'. Stress SA-be.
¿Sabe si está abierto?
Do you know if it's open?
Words in this phrase
Sabe
[SAH-beh]
do you know
Formal 'you' form of saber, to know a fact.
¿Sabe dónde está el baño?
Do you know where the bathroom is?
si
[see]
if
Introduces a condition or option.
Si quieres, te escribo mañana.
If you want, I’ll write to you tomorrow.
hay lugar arriba?
eye loo-GAR ah-RREE-bah
there's room upstairs?
'Hay' sounds like 'eye'. Trill the 'rr' in a-RRI-ba, and let your pitch rise because it's a question.
¿Hay lugar arriba?
Is there room upstairs?
Words in this phrase
hay
[eye]
is there / are there
Form of “haber” used to ask whether something exists.
En «¿También hay...?», «hay» pregunta si existe algo.
In “Is there also...?”, “hay” asks whether something exists.
lugar
[loo-GAR]
place / spot
Noun for a location; in restaurants, where you sit.
Este lugar es muy bonito.
This place is very pretty.
arriba
[ah-RREE-bah]
upstairs / up
Adverb for a higher place or floor.
Los baños están arriba.
The bathrooms are upstairs.
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