Understanding Spanish Conversation by Joe Kozlowski

Author:Joe Kozlowski [Kozlowski, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JJKoz Publishing
Published: 2016-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

Order

There are a lot of ways that we use order in English that are said differently in Spanish. When looking for order as a noun, well, it can be either masculine or feminine depending on the meaning. La orden is the order that you place to your waiter. El orden is “the order of things” in relation to their organization or sequence. When you are placing an order, pedir is used. “I'm going to order a cup of coffee” is then Voy a pedir una taza de café. When you are putting things in order, such as in organizing things, then ordenar is used. So if your friend is getting her life in order, ella ordena su vida. Keep in mind that in places where English has a lot of influence, you may hear ordenar used the same way as pedir.

When you want to order someone around, you mandar them. In other words, mandar is used when one person orders another person to do something, as in a command. So when my wife told me to wash the dishes, she actually ordered me to wash the dishes, which translates to Mi esposa me mandó lavar los platos. If I'm the boss then puedo mandarle hacer algo a alguien, or I can order someone to do something.

One thing to note is that when you are looking to just say “in order to” as in to do something, always use para plus the infinitive of the verb. For example, Yo trabajo para vivir is how to say “I work in order to live.”

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