Banking & ATM

1. Ont es la banca?

   Where is the bank?

   Usage

   Looking for a bank or exchange office

   Grammar Note

   Composed. banca means bank; the final -a is read /ɔ/

2. Ont es lo distributor de bilhets?

   Where is the ATM?

   Usage

   When you need cash

   Grammar Note

   Composed: distributor + de bilhets (of notes) names a cash machine

3. Vòli cambiar d'argent.

   I want to exchange money.

   Usage

   At an exchange office or bank counter

   Grammar Note

   Composed. argent means money; the partitive de elides to d' before a vowel

4. Ma carta marcha pas.

   My card is not working.

   Usage

   When a card is declined in a shop or at a machine

   Grammar Note

   Composed. Negation uses pas after the verb only; there is no ne

5. Ai perdut ma carta.

   I have lost my card.

   Usage

   Reporting a lost card to the bank

   Grammar Note

   Composed. ai + perdut forms the perfect tense

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