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You collect your student card: what to say in Spanish
You collect your student card.
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How it's done. The student card (carné universitario) is your pass to the library and canteen, sometimes also for transport discounts.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Buenos días, vengo a recoger mi carné universitario.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BAYN-goh uh reh-koh-KHEHR mee kuhr-NEH oo-nee-behr-see-TAH-ryoh.
Good morning, I've come to collect my student card.
THEY SAY
¿Me dice su nombre y su número de estudiante?Meh DEE-seh soo NOM-breh ee soo NOO-meh-roh deh es-too-DYAHN-teh?
Can you tell me your name and student number?
They might also say:
¿Cómo se llama y cuál es su número de estudiante?
KOH-moh seh YAH-muh ee koo-AHL es soo NOO-meh-roh deh es-too-DYAHN-teh?
What's your name and what is your student number?
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YOU REPLY
Me llamo Olena Kovalenko y mi número es este.
Meh YAH-moh Oh-LEH-nuh Koh-VAH-layn-koh ee mee NOO-meh-roh es ES-teh.
My name is Olena Kovalenko and my number is this one.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Firme aquí.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. FEER-meh uh-KEE.
Here you are. Sign here.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you.
THEY SAY
A usted. Que tenga un buen curso.Uh oos-TED. Keh TAYN-guh oon boo-AYN KOOR-soh.
Thank you. Have a good year.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
recoger
reh-koh-KHEHR
verb
to pick up, to collect
carné
kuhr-NEH
noun
ID card, licence
universitario
oo-nee-behr-see-TAH-ryoh
adjective
university
25 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
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