how to say your name
Letter pronunciation
A AH
B BEH
C SEH
D DAY
E A
F F-AY
G HEY
H ACHE
I E
J KOTA
K KA
L L-AY
M M-EH
N N-EH
ñ N-YAY
O O
P PEH
Q KOO
R EREH
S S-EH
T T-EH
U OOO
V BEH
W DOUBLE BEH
X A-KEYS
Y E-GRE-AGA
Z SETA
In order to greet someone and have a simple conversation in Spanish you have to know:
How to say Hello in Spanish
How to Ask someone their name
How to ask someone how they are doing.
You can say hello to someone by saying one of the following greetings according to the time of day:
¡Hola! = Hello (Anytime)
¡Buenos dias!= Good Morning
¡Buenas Tardes!= Good Afternoon
¡Buenas noches!= Goodnight
When asking someone their name in Espanol you say ¿Como Te llama?
There are two ways to ask someone their name. When speaking to an adult to say ¿Come se llama?
When speaking to an peer you say ¿Como te llama?
If someone was to ask you ¿Como te llama?, meaning "What's your name", you would say in respone
"Me llama es ___(your name)"
Finally if someone ask you your name and you want to know what's theirs in return you say (if adult) ¿Como se llama (Usted)? or just ¿Y Usted?. When asking a peer what's their name in response you say ¿Como te llamo (tu)?, or just ¿Y tu?.
¿Y? Makes the E sound
When asking someone how they are doing you say:
¿Como estas?(peer)
¿Como esta?(adult)
¿Que tal?
Ways to tell someone how you are doing:
(Muy) Bein, gracias = (Very) Good thankyou
Mas o menos. = Regular/fine/okay/average
(Muy) Mal = (Very) Terrible
Just like the names, if someone ask you how you're doing and you want to know how they're doing in return you say:
¿Como estas(tu)? or just ¿Y tu? (peer).
When asking an adult you say ¿Como esta (usted)? or just ¿Y Usted?
Now here's a video of two people meeting for the first time greeting each other in Espanol
First thing: how to say hello. This is very easy. If you want to say hi all you have to say is ¡Hola!. For example you can say ¡hola! Brenda and that means hello brenda.
Next, how to greet someone by saying good morning, good afternoon, and good evening in Spanish. This one is a little bite harder but is still easy. If you want to say good morning you say ¡buenos días!, if you want to say good afternoon you can say ¡buenas tardes!, and if you want to say good evening you would say ¡buenas noches!. For example u would say ¡Hola! ¡Buenos días! Branda.
Now if you don’t know someones name to ask them you would say ¿cómo te llamas or ¿cómo se llama. ¿cómo te llamas is informal and ¿cómo se llama is formal. If you want to ask a girl for her name you would say ¿cómo te llamas. But if you want to ask the president for his name you would say ¿cómo te llama. Or you can start the conversation by saying your name first. You can say me llamo ( your name) y tu? ¿y tu? Means and you. The you can say mucho gusto which means nice to meet you.
Greetings | Greetings |
¡Hola! | Hello! |
¡Buenos días! | Good morning |
¡buenas tardes! | Good afternoon |
¡buenas noches! | Good evening! |
Meeting someone | Meeting someone |
¿cómo te llamas? informal | What’s your name? |
¿cómo se llama? formal | What is your name? |
Me llamo _______________ | My name is _____________. |
¿Y tú? informal | And you? |
¿ Y ud? formal | And you? |
Mucho gusto | Nice to meet you. |
Asking About The Day | |
¿Qué día es hoy?/ Qué día es hoy no la escuela? | What’s the day?/ What day is there no school? |
Hoy es (lunes, martes, miércoles…) | Today is ________________________ |
Mañana es (lunes, martes, miércoles…)_ |
Imagine you doing that to somebody who only speaks spanish. You want to say excuse me but they had no clue about what your saying.
Here are some ways to say Thank you, excuse me and please.
Thank You's
Gracias | Thanks |
Muchas gracias | Thanks a lot |
Mil gracias | Thank a million |
Your welcome
De nada | You’re welcome |
Por nada | You’re welcome |
No hay de qué | You’re welcome |
When you want to say please. You simply just say Por favor . How easy is that?
Excuse Me
Con permiso. (Someone’s in your way) | Excuse me |
Disculpe. (Get attention) | Excuse me |
Perdón. (When you bump into somebody accidentally) | Excuse me |
All of these are good ways to some thing if you want to reply nicely to someone who speaks spanish.
You're walking down the hallway and someone knocks your book out of your hand. You ask someone else to pick it up and then you thank them.
So I'm going to show you how to count to hundred.
número
uno 1 | seis 6 | once 11 | dieciséis 16 | trienta 30 | ochenta 80 |
dos 2 | siete 7 | doce 12 | diecisiete 17 | cuartena 40 | noventa 90 |
tres 3 | ocho 8 | trece 13 | dieciocho 18 | cincuenta 50 | cien 100 |
cuatro 4 | nueve 9 | catorce 14 | diecinueve 19 | sesenta 60 | |
cinco 5 | diez 10 | quince 15 | veinte 20 | setenta 70 |
Now that you know how to count to a hundred.
A thing to remember is when you say veinte, you must replace the last e with a i.
Here's an example: if you want to say 4:25 you simply say Son las cuarto y veinticinco.
When you want to say things like :35 you just put trientacinco. Same thing goes for all everything over veinte.
There's one exception though when you want to say it's 1 o'clock you must say Es la una. Not Son las uno if you say it that way you're pronounocing it wrong.
…y cuarto | :15 |
…y media | :30 |
… menos | number of minutes before the hour |
In this video one person asks the other person what time it is!
First you have to know the numbers in Spanish up to one hundred. To ask the time in Spanish you would say ¿Qué hora es/son? Which of couse mean what time is it. If the time is 1:00 you would say es la una. Now if it is 2 o clock, 3 o clock, 4 o clock, ect. You would say son las dos, son la tres, son las cuatro, etc. If the time end in 30 you would say medra. So if the time is 3:30 you would say son las tres y medra. if the
Time end in 15 you would say cuarto. If the time is 2:15 you would say son las dos Y cuarto.if the time ends in 45 you would say cuarto but u use it different . so if the time is 4:45 you would say son las cinco menos cuarto. If the time is ending in 46-59 you would say son las _______ menos ______. So for example if the time was 1:55 you would say son las dos menos cinco. A hint to help you would be when say menos think of minus.
:15 Cuarto
:30 Medra
:45 Menos cuarto
:50 Menos diez
¿Que hora es/son What time is it.
Examples
7:00 Son las siete
4:55 Son las cinco menos cinco
2:30 Son las dos y medra
2:15 Son las dos y cuarto
1:00 Son es una
10:45 Son las once menos cuarto
10:52 Son las once menos ocho
10:59 Son las once menos uno
o When speaking to an elder or someone of importance, you would have to use the formal way of speaking, using Usted (abbreviated Ud.)
§ (example) To ask an elder where he/she is from, say “¿ De donde es?”/”¿ De donde es Usted?
o When speaking to someone you are close to, or someone younger than you, you would generally use the informal way of speaking, using tu.
§ (example) to ask your friend of little brother where they are from, you would ask, “¿De donde eres?”/ ”¿De donde eres tu?
· Polite Phrases to use
§ (muchas)(mil) Gracias | § Thanks (a lot) (a million) |
§ De nada./ Por nada./ No hay de que. | § Your Welcome |
§ ¿Como? | § What did you say? |
These phrases are used in every day life in all languages.
· Using “Excuse me.”
o In the Spanish language, there are three different phreases to replace “excuse me” in English. The three phases are:
“Perdon.”-when you bump into someone.
“Disculpe.”- when you want to get someone’s attention.
“Con Permisso.” –when you need someone to move out of your way.