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The following Spanish tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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1. Basic Spanish Phrases
| ¡Buenos días! buayn-ohs dee-ahs Hello! / Good morning! |
¡Buenas tardes! buayn-ahs tard-ays Good afternoon! |
| ¡Buenas noches! buayn-ahs nohch-ays Good evening / Good night |
¡Hola! oh-lah Hi! |
| ¿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) |
| Me llamo... may yah-moh I am called... |
Mi nombre es... mee nohm-bray ays My name is... |
| ¿Cómo está usted? coh-moh ay-stah oo-sted How are you? (formal) |
¿Cómo estás? coh-moh ay-stahs How are you? (informal) |
| ¿Qué tal? kay tahl What's up? |
Yo estoy... yoh ay-stoy I am... (when talking about your mood) |
| 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 |
| Adiós. ah-dee-ohs Good bye. |
Chao. chow Bye. |
| Hasta la vista. ah-stah lah vee-stah Until we meet again. |
Hasta luego. ah-stah loo-ay-go See you later. |
| 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 |
| Mucho gusto. moo-choh goo-stoh Nice to meet you. |
Encantado/a. ain-cahn-tah-doh/dah Delighted to meet you. |
| Igualmente. ee-guahl-main-tay Same here. |
Yo también. yoh tahm-bee-ain Me too. |
| ¿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) |
| 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. |
| ¿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) |
| Yo tengo _____ años. yoh tayn-goh _____ ahn-yohs I am _____ years old. |
Gracias. grah-see-ahs Thank you. |
| Por favor. por fah-bor Please. |
¿Y usted? ee oo-sted And you? (used when asking the same question) (formal) |
| ¿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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