1. Some Basic Phrases
| ¡Buenos días!
buayn-ohs dee-ahs Hello! / Good morning! |
¡Buenas tardes!
buayn-ahs tard-ays Good afternoon! |
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¡Buenas noches! buayn-ahs nohch-ays Good evening / Good night |
¡Hola! oh-lah Hi! |
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¿Cómo se llama usted? coh-moh say yah-mah oo-sted What is your name? (formal) |
¿Cómo te llamas? coh-moh tay yah-mahs What is your name? (informal) |
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Me llamo… may yah-moh I am called… |
Mi nombre es… mee nohm-bray ays My name is… |
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¿Cómo está usted? coh-moh ay-stah oo-sted How are you? (formal) |
¿Cómo estás? coh-moh ay-stahs How are you? (informal) |
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¿Qué tal? kay tahl What’s up? |
Yo estoy… yoh ay-stoy I am… (when talking about your mood) |
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Bien / Muy bien bee-ayn / moy bee-ayn Good / Very good |
Mal / Muy mal / Más o menos mahl / moy mahl / mahs oh may-nohs Bad / Very bad / OK |
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Adiós. ah-dee-ohs Good bye. |
Chao. chow Bye. |
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Hasta la vista. ah-stah lah vee-stah Until we meet again. |
Hasta luego. ah-stah loo-ay-go See you later. |
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Hasta mañana. ah-stah mahn-yahn-ah See you tomorrow. |
Señor / Señora / Señorita sayn-yor / sayn-yor-ah / sayn-yor-ee-tah Mister / Mrs. / Miss |
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Mucho gusto. moo-choh goo-stoh Nice to meet you. |
Encantado/a. ain-cahn-tah-doh/dah Delighted to meet you. |
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Igualmente. ee-guahl-main-tay Same here. |
Yo también. yoh tahm-bee-ain Me too. |
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¿De dónde es usted? day dohn-day ays oo-sted Where are you from? (formal) |
¿De dónde eres? day dohn-day air-ays Where are you from? (informal) |
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Yo soy de… yoh soy day I’m from… |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. yoh soy day lohs ay-stah-dohs oo-nee-dohs I’m from the United States. |
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¿Cuántos años tiene usted? quahnt-ohs ahn-yohs tee-ayn-ay oo-sted How old are you? (formal) |
¿Cuántos años tienes? quahnt-ohs ahn-yohs tee-ayn-ays How old are you? (informal) |
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Yo tengo _____ años. yoh tayn-goh _____ ahn-yohs I am _____ years old. |
Gracias. grah-see-ahs Thank you. |
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Por favor. por fah-bor Please. |
¿Y usted? ee oo-sted And you? (used when asking the same question) (formal) |
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¿Y tú? ee too And you? (informal) |
Te amo. tay ah-moh I love you. |
Note: For Encantado/a, you would use the masculine ending, o, if you’re a man. You would use the feminine ending, a, if you’re a woman. So, if you’re a man, you would say Encantado, and if you’re a woman, you would say Encantada. Most adjectives work this way. Also, accents (´) are very important in the Spanish language. You CANNOT leave out the accents or it’ll change the meaning of a word. The syllable with the accent is the emphasized syllable in a word.
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