Basic Phrases

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Lesson 1 - Some Basic 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?

¿Cómo te llamas?

 

coh-moh say yah-mah oo-sted What is your name? (formal)

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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Last modified: 01/07/08