Audio corto: Mensaje al casero por una avería (B1)

Audio corto: mensaje al casero por una avería con cortesía peninsular.
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Completa la frase del mensaje de voz: "Buenos días, ____ porque hay una ____ en el calentador."
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Remember: casero → usted → "le". "Avería" = breakdown/fault (it’s a noun, not an adjective).
In Spanish you normally use "usted" with a landlord, so you say "Le llamo". The word "avería" is the noun "breakdown/fault". Example from the material: "Le llamo porque… ¿Podría enviar al fontanero cuando pueda?"
Formula: conditional + usted + softener ("cuando pueda").
A polite request in Spain often uses the conditional ("podría") and "usted". The phrase "cuando pueda" softens the request. This sounds neutrally polite.
Start with a greeting ("Hola, buenos días") and briefly explain the reason: "Le llamo porque…".
A good message starts with a greeting + reason ("Le llamo porque…") and keeps a polite tone. This is shown in the "successful" version.
Pattern: saludo (greeting) → motivo (reason) → petición (request) → cierre (closing/thanks).
Logic: greeting → reason → request (with conditional) → closing/thanks. Softeners like "cuando pueda" and the conditional "¿Podría…?" are standard in a polite register.
Look for the 3rd person singular in the conditional: "podría".
With "usted" you use the 3rd person singular: "¿Podría…?". The conditional makes the request softer and more polite.
For a confident future event use the simple future: "podré".
Here it’s not a request but confirmation about a future fact → use the simple future ("Podré" = I will be able to). "Podría" sounds hypothetical/polite-conditional and is less natural to confirm a time.

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