Any Spanish speakers around, please?

[MirandaGoshawk]

I'd just like a bit of advice. Going to Spain next month. Is it usual/polite to say '"I want..." rather than "I would like..." in a restaurant? So, is Quiero un café, por favor? normal/polite? When I learnt French I was taught to use Je voudrais instead of Je veux. Is there a usual Spanish equivalent? I found 'gustar' but for some reason the conjugations aren't listed in my book, and I'm wondering if it means that I actually like coffee, rather than dislike it, and not that I'm asking for one. Thanks!

De nada, no pasanda both mean no problem and vale (sounds like bale) and claro is like I understand. Lo siento, no intendo yo solo un poco espanol....castiliano? Sorry I don’t understand I only speak a little Spanish .

Services or bano can be used for bathroom.
Donde esta - where is

I useually just say lo siento, yo habla un poco espanol.

Great way to learn is to find the friendly words which a similar and learn them....similar, regular, dentiste (dente is teeth) etc no problema. Dificil (difficult) and facil is easy. Watch out for false friends like embarazada which is pregnant lol

name it’s Yo HablO
Spanish verbs are a flippin nightmare as if you get the ending wrong you totally change the person is doing it. What you said was I she/he speaks a bit of Spanish. Ou should probably also add “solo” (only) so you say that you only speak a bit of Spanish. Saying “I’m sorry I speak a bit of Spanish” is apologising for the fact that you DO speak some Spanish.
The other tricky bit is getting the adjectives right, for example we would say “a black cat” but in Spanish the word for black could be 4 different but similar words depending on the number and sex of the cat/cats.

This is all more advanced stuff though, the main thing is to get your meaning understood and the exact grammar can come later.

You don’t need to add the yo. Hablo = I speak. Habla = he or she speaks. Verb endings in Spanish change when you conjugate according to the person so you don’t need to say yo hablo

Yes but it can be handy to use the Yo/Tu etc if you are a bit unsure of the verb ending because most native Spanish speakers will probably understand if you say “I she goes” that it’s the verb ending you have wrong. Whereas if you just say “she goes” they may assume that’s what you mean
As I said, it’s not correct or ideal but for beginners it can be handy to keep the Yo/Tu/El for clarification

I hate google translate I didn’t think you needed the yo but bloody google told me to 😫 translation is really the bane of my existence

No worries :)