¡Hola! ¡Adiós! : Basic Spanish
Explanation:
In order to properly greet someone in spanish you will need to know:
- the time of day
- to ask how are you and be able to respond
If you feel like knowing basic greetings is unimportant, you're wrong. Say you meet a spanish speaking person and they want to have a conversation with you. If you will end up like this poor girl . Now to avoid this awkward conversation here are a few things you will need to know
A few ways to greet someone:
So now you know how to say hello in several different ways, the next thing you would usually ask a stranger is their name
How to ask for their name:
How to respond if you are asked yours:
All of those responses mean the same thing "My name is" they are just different ways to say it.
"How are you?" is another important part of a greeting.
A few ways to ask how are you:
The difference between "Cómo estás" and "Cómo está" is that "Cómo estás" is that "estás" is ment to be said to friends, its more causal than "Cómo está" which is ment for elders and people who are respected.
How to respond to being asked how are you:
Now you know how to say hello and how are you, but maybe you had to go home.
To say goodbye :
To ask and you:
Again tu is speaking informally usted is used for more formal greetings
Now that you know how to say basic spanish greetings lets see how that girl's situation would have went if she had know what you now know.
Here is a video of someone seeing an old friend for the first time in years:
In order to properly greet someone in spanish you will need to know:
- the time of day
- to ask how are you and be able to respond
If you feel like knowing basic greetings is unimportant, you're wrong. Say you meet a spanish speaking person and they want to have a conversation with you. If you will end up like this poor girl . Now to avoid this awkward conversation here are a few things you will need to know
A few ways to greet someone:
| ¡Hola! | Hello! |
| ¡Buenos Días! | Good morning ! |
| ¡Buenas tardes! | Good afternoon! |
| ¡Buenas noches! | Good evening! |
So now you know how to say hello in several different ways, the next thing you would usually ask a stranger is their name
How to ask for their name:
| ¿Cómo te llamas? (informal) | What’s your name? |
| ¿Cómo se llama? (formal) | What’s your name? |
How to respond if you are asked yours:
| Me llamo ….. | My name is |
| Yo soy …. | My name is |
| Mi nombre es …. | My name is |
"How are you?" is another important part of a greeting.
A few ways to ask how are you:
| ¿Qué tal? | How are you? |
| ¿Cómo estás? (tu) | How are you? |
| ¿Cómo está? (ustd) | How are you? |
The difference between "Cómo estás" and "Cómo está" is that "Cómo estás" is that "estás" is ment to be said to friends, its more causal than "Cómo está" which is ment for elders and people who are respected.
How to respond to being asked how are you:
| Bien, gracias | Good, thanks |
| Más o menos | Alright |
| Mal | Terrible |
Now you know how to say hello and how are you, but maybe you had to go home.
To say goodbye :
| ¡Adiós! | Bye! |
| ¡Hasta luego! | See ya later! |
| ¡Hasta pronto! | See ya soon! |
| ¡Hasta mañana | See ya tomorrow! |
| ¡Qué le vaya bien! | Have a good one! |
To ask and you:
| ¿Y tú? (informal) | And you? |
| ¿Y Usted? (formal) | And you? |
Again tu is speaking informally usted is used for more formal greetings
Now that you know how to say basic spanish greetings lets see how that girl's situation would have went if she had know what you now know.
Here is a video of someone seeing an old friend for the first time in years:
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