“Can I exchange money here?” in Spanish (English × Spanish)

When to use it

Use it at a bank, an exchange office or a hotel reception to ask whether they exchange currency.

“Can I exchange money here?” · The sentence in English

"Can I exchange money here?" asks for permission or possibility. "Can" comes before the subject "I" to make the question, and "exchange" follows without "to". "Money" is uncountable.

Can

auxiliary verbcan · tense: present · modal verb of ability or permission; it opens the question

I

pronounpersonal pronoun, always written with a capital letter

exchange

verbexchange · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "can"

money

noununcountable noun

here

adverbadverb of place

“¿Puedo cambiar dinero aquí?” · The sentence in Spanish

"¿Puedo cambiar dinero aquí?" starts with "puedo", the first person of "poder"; the subject "yo" is left out. "Cambiar" is the infinitive and also means "change". "Aquí" has an accent.

Puedo

auxiliary verbpoder · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: singular · "can I"; the subject "yo" is left out

cambiar

verbcambiar · form: infinitive · "to change", "to exchange"

dinero

nounmasculine noun: "money"

aquí

adverbadverb of place: "here"

What changes from one language to the other · English × Spanish

English moves "can" before the subject to ask; Spanish keeps the order and adds question marks at both ends. Spanish does not need the subject, because "puedo" already shows it is "I". One verb, "cambiar", covers both "change" and "exchange".

Example conversation