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Fill bags with ice - polite way to ask
I have knee pain that I manage with ice. Sometimes I ask waiters and waitresses in restaurants to fill my little plastic ziplock baggies with ice so I can place them on my knees. How would I ask this politely in the Yucatan? (In English, I would say, "Could you please fill these bags with ice?" I may also say, "It's for my knees, they are hurting.")
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polite request to fill bags with ice
A user of this site just suggested to me that I can try to create this request in Spanish and someone here will correct me to perhaps improve the grammar. How about: ¿Podría por favor rellene estas bolsas con hielo para mis rodillas dolorosas?
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Not bad. You will be understood, but instead of rellene, use llenar. I think llenar is better in this case.
It would also sound more natural if you use por favor at the end of the sentence.
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Good sentence, and I like Poli's suggestion too, although "por favor" may be in both places.
My Mexican twist would be like this: - ¿Podría (por favor) llenar(me) estas bolsas con hielo (por favor)? Son para mi dolor de rodillas. *The pronominal adds emphasis on the favour they'll be doing for you. Or really Mexican: -¿Me haría favor... etc.? -¿Me podría hacer favor de... etc.?
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Caribbeans may say something like:
Regálame hielo por favor. Es pa' mis rodillas que me duelen mucho. Or shyly: me puede hacer el favor de regalarme más hielo pa llenar esas bolsas que me duelen mucho mis rodillas.
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