Spanish I: Goodbyes and Hellos (2) by Mingxue Zheng and Lala Doumbia

You now know how to say Hello and How are you in Spanish. Its now the time to reply to these questions! Alright!

Here are some basic conversations:

Play #1

Sally:¡Hola!

Sally:¿Qué tál?

Mike: ¡Buen! (means: fine)

Pronunciation: (be-in)


Play #2

Jordon: ¡Hola!

Jordon: ¿Como estas?

Sherry: Mas o memos. (means: so-so)

Pronunciation: (mas-so-men-nos)


And some other replies:


English meaning:

Spanish

Pronunication

happy

feliz

(philies)

sad

mal

(ma-ir)

excellent

excelente

(excellen-de)

horrible

horrible

(holy-lee-bree)

marvellous

estupendo/a

(ends with”o” means masculine, ends with “a” means feminine)

(es-do-beyon-do) or (es-do-benyon-da)



See you later
Hasta luego (a-sta) (lue-wav-go)

See you tomorrow 
Hasta mañana (a-sta) (man-ya-la)


 

Goodbyes: informal


Bye: Chao

(chao)


Goodbye: Adios

(ah-de-yos)

  • Remember! When you use informal terms, always use it when you were talking to a person your age, first encounter, a a close friend.


Goodbyes: Formal


Its a pleasure.

Un Placer

(n) (pla-see-er)

Its nice to meet you.

Mucho Gusto

(mo-sho) (good-stole)

    • Remember! When using formal terms, always use it during formal situations or talking to someone who are respected, an elder, or someone older than you.

Congratulation on learning how to say hellos and goodbyes, Last but not last give yourself a tap on the back!

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