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Imagine your father is a diplomat stationed in Spain and you will attend public school there. You will need to learn some basic conversation phrases to socialize with your classmates. Here are some basic phrases to get you started.
hola is a common way to greet someone hola means hello or hi
buenos is only used with días so it would be buenos dias and this means good morning.
the other two (good evening and good night)
both start with buenas, so its buenAs not buenOs
good evening is buenas tardes
good night is buenas noches
here is a site to provide you with more info on greetings: 

http://http://www.lingolex.com/swom/wom-greetings.htm

​Greetings

 

 

Hola- Hello

 

Buenos Dias- Good morning

 

Buenas tardes- Good afternoon

 

 

 

Ways to ask “How are you?”

 

“Que Tal”

 

“Como va?”

 

“Como estas?”

 

“Como esta usted”

 

Ways to say hello.

 

 

Goodbyes

 

“Hasta lvego!”- See you later

 

“Hasta prento”- See you soon

 

“Hasta manana”- See you tomorrow

 

“Adios”- Bye

 

“Chao” (Informal)- Bye

 

“Mucho Gusto”- Nice to meet you

 

“Unplacer”- It’s a pleasure,

you would say that with nice to meet you

 

Hello
-"Hola"

Asking someone how are they?
-Como estas(Informal)

Answers that you respond with

-Happy/ Feliz
-Ok/Bien
-Great/Excelentia
-So So/ Mas o Menos
- Terrible/Mal

Asking where they are from
-"De donde eres"- Where are you from?

You would answer with:

"Soy De"- I am from ____ Then you would say where you are from


Asking someone for their age
-"Cuantoes anoes tienes"- How old are you?



You would answer with:

-"Yo tengo _____ anos"- I am ___ years old


Asking for someones name:
-"Como te llamas?"- What is your name (Informal)
- Como se llama?" - What's your name (Formal)

You would say someone informal to somebody like your friend, Or just someone your own age

Hola! In this last lesson we are going to teach you how to say the weather in spanish. This is a very difficult  one but with practice, you're sure to get it.

Sunny - Hace Sol
Rainy - Está lloviendo
Snowing - Está Nevando
Cloudy - Está Nublado
Windy - Hace Viento

Hola, amigas and amigos! 
Today you will be learning how to tell and ask for the time in spanish. You will be learning the differences between time in english and time in spanish. It may be hard at first but once you get it it'll be a piece of cake. Here are some steps to make it easier

Step 1: Before you write the time you must either write "Es la" or "Son las". 
Es la is only used when it's 1:00. Son las is used for 2-12:00.
Step 2: Put the hour.
Ex. Son las dos = 2:00 or Es la una = 1:00
Step 3: Write either "y" or "menos"
Y: use this if the minutes are from 1-29
Menos: use this if the minutes are from 30-59 
(State the hour ahead, write menos, and state how many minutes it would take to be the given hour in the hour ahead)
Step 4: Write the minutes.
Ex. Son las dos y cinco or Son las tres menos diez

Here is a few examples:

Hola! Would you like to learn about the days of the weeks in spanish? Well, today's your chance to learn. Here's a song to help you learn the days of the week:
lunes (clap 2x)
martes (clap 2x)
mirecoles (clap 2x)
jueves (clap 2x)
viernes (clap 2x)
sabado (clap 2x)
domingo (clap 2x)

Hint: The days of the wek always starts with Monday (lunes)

Hola estudiantes, 
Here is what you need to know to learn how to count for 1-20. We will sing a song to make the process of learning numeros easier. 

Follow along as you here each number:

One - Uno                Eleven - Once
Two - Dos                Twelve - Doce
Three - Tres              Thirteen - Trece
Four - Cuatro            Fourteen - Catorce
Five - Cinco              Fifteen - Quince
Six - Seis                 Sixteen - Diez y seis
Seven - Siete            Seventeen - Diez y siete
Eight - Ocho            Eighteen - Diez y ocho       
Nine - Nueve            Nineteen - Diez y nueve
Ten - Diez                Twenty - Veinte 

​Birthday-

 

What is your birthday- ¿ Cuando es tu cumpleanos?

 

You would reply- Mi cupleanos es el ______ de ______

                                  My birthday is         day/#       month

 

Ex- Mi cupleano es el veinte de mayo

                        

Where are you from? -

 

To ask someone where they are from you….

 

To ask someone- ¿ De donde eres? - Where are you from?

 

Then the person would answer Soy de ________ - I’m from

 

 

                        

How to say that date-

 

¿Cual es la fecha de hoy? – What is today’s date?

Hoy es el _____ de ______

 today is       #             month

 

Ex- Hoy es el veinte de septiembre 

What you need to know:
1. How many letters are in the spanish alphabet
2. How to pronounce each letter
3. Each letter of the alphabet

1. Alphabet and pronunciations; 
A- a
B- be
C- ce
CH- che
D- de
E-e
F- efe
G- ge
H- hache
I- i
J- jota
K- Ka
L-ele
LL- elle
M- eme
N- ene
O- o
P- pe
Q- cu
R- ere
RR- erre
S- ese
T- te
U- u
V- ve chica
W- doble ve
X- equis
Y- ye
Z- zeta

Introducing yourself-

 

When introducing yourself to someone you…

 

First you say Hola`

Then you say Me llamo _______- which means my name is

After that you would say ¿Y t’u? which means and you, which is asking their name and they would reply with their name.

Greetings and Salutations !!!

What you need to learn:
1.  how to ask how someone is
2. how to say good morning, goodbye, good afternoon, good night, hello, see you soon , see you later, see you to tomorrow.

Words in Spanish:

1. good morning- buenos dias
2.goodbye- adios(chao)
3.good afternoon- buena tardes
4.good night- buenas noches
5.hello- hola
6.see you soon- hasta pronto
7.see you later- hasta luego
8.see you tommorrow- hasta manana

When you use these words:
1. you use the word good morning in the morning before 11 a.m.
2. you use the word good afternoon from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
3. you use the word good night from 8 p.m. to midnight
4. you use the word the hello when you first see someone
5. you use the word goodbye when you're leaving someone
6. you use the words see you soon when you think you'll see someone in a short amount of time
7. you use the words see you later if you're going see someone later in that day
8. you use the words see you tomorrow when you're going to see the person the next day

What you need to learn:
1. the difference between formal and informal language

1. formal and informal language:
tú- informal
usted- formal

1. When to use tú and when to us usted;
 -When talking to a friend or another person you are the same age as or younger then- you use tú 
-When talking to a superior or teacher or elder- use usted.

Oh no! Your spanish speaking friend invited you to a birthday party, but you don't know which month it is in because you don't speak spanish! Not to worry my dear friend, here is a chart and video to say the months in spanish.

Here are some other Spanish ways...

When writing something in Spanish, you need to learn how to say and write the letters in Spanish. Below is a table that shows the letters in English and then the names in spahish and how to pronounce it in Spanish. 

When writing something in Spanish, you need to learn how to say and write the letters in Spanish. Below is a table that shows the letters in English and then the names in spanish and how to pronounce it in Spanish.

Learning number in Spanish is the same as in English. In English when you want to know how to say 27, you would say twenty-seven and in Spanish you say veintisiete. Also it is good to know how to ask or say someone's phone number. Below there is a list of 
how to say numbers in Spanish and how to ask for someone's phone number

What is your phone number?
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?         Informal
¿Cual es su número de teléfono?           formal

It is ........
Es el

 I'll call you soon. / I'll call you soon
Te llamo pronto. / Te llamo luego

Click here for a lesson from my pareja on:
Greetings