Now, to begin, greetings are always a must.
You may know a few words, like '¡Hola!', but sometimes, you might need to say 'hello' in another way.
Here are some ways you can greet someone in Spanish.
Quick Tip: When saying anything in Spanish, you must always know how the word sounds. If you mispronounce it, it will change the meaning. So don't mistake 'hola' for 'hhhola', if you know what I mean.
Practice these before moving on to basic Spanish speech!
In order to learn this, you must know: pronunciation of letters, and punctuation.
Say someone gives you a piece of candy. You’d want to be respectful and thank them right? So, you’d say “gracias”.
But there are different situations to put it in. If someone gives you 5$, you'd say "muchas gracias".
Lastly, If you drop your wallet on the street you'd say "mil gracias" and keep going on your way
If you want to say please, you’d say “por favor”
Say your standing on a bus and someones standing in front of you, you’d say ”¡con permiso!” and they’d move out of your way.
If you are at a restaurant and your trying to get a waiters attention. You'd say "¡Discuple!" and they would turn and come to you.
If you bump into someone on the street, you'd say "perdon"and you can keep going on your way.
There is a chart for reference below to help you further understand the subject.
Los Buenos Modales
Gracias | Thanks |
Muchas Gracias | Thanks a lot |
Mil gracias | Thanks a million |
De nada | You’re welcome |
Por nada | |
No hay de qué | |
¿Cómo? | What was that? |
Por favor. | Please |
Con permiso (when someone’s standing in your way). | Excuse me. |
Discuple. (when trying to get someone’s attention). | |
Perdón. (if you accidentally bump into someone). | |
In order to as someone there name in Español you must know:
~Alphabet
~Basic Greetings
~ How to say your name
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A | ah |
B | beh |
C | ceh |
D | deh |
E | efe |
G | hey |
H | ache |
I | eee :) |
J | hota |
K | kah |
L | eleh |
M | emeh |
N | eneh |
enyeh | |
O | o |
P | peh |
Q | coooo |
R | ereh |
S | eseh |
T | teeh |
U | oooooo |
V | beh |
W | double beh |
X | equis |
Y | eee :) griega |
Z | seta |
BASIC GREETINGS
Hello : Hola'
Good Aternoon: BuenOs Tardes
Good Evening: BuenOs Noches
Good Morning: Buenas Dias
There really is no diffrence between the A and the O. You really need to pay attention to the Tardes, Noches, and the Dias
Tardes: the afternoon
Noches: The evening
Dias: Morning
HOW TO SAY YOUR NAME IN ESPñol
One way to say your name is :
Me nombre es _________ ! ( Your name)
Yo Soy esta __________!( Your name)
Here's an example:
First day of school for Maria and she ask's what was the boys name next to her.
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¡Hola! |
Hello |
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¡Buenos dias! |
Good morning! |
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¡Buenas tardes! |
Good afternoon! |
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¡Buenas noches! |
Good evening! |
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¿Que tal? |
How are you? / What’s up? |
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¿Como estas? (tu) |
How are you? |
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¿ Como esta? (Ud) |
How are you? |
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¿Que pasa? |
What’s happening? |
When you first greet someone you would say “¡Hola!”
to make them feel welcome. When you wake up in the morning and then see your
mom would say “¡Buenos dias!” to wish her a good morning. If you meet
up with your friend in the middle of the day you can say “¡Buenas tardes!”
to wish them a good afternoon. When you’re about to go to sleep you can say “¡Buenas
noches!” to wish the people around you a good night. When someone wants
to sit down and talk with you, you can say ¿Que tal?” to see what’s up.
When you’re speaking to your grandparents to see how they’re doing say “¿Como
esta?” to see how they are. When your talking to your little sister
and you want to see how she is say “¿Como estas?” to see what
she is up to. When your confused
about what is going on you can say “¿Que pasa?” to find out what
you didn’t get.
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Gracias |
Thank you. |
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Muchas gracias |
Thanks a lot |
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Mil gracias |
Thanks a million |
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De nada |
It’s nothing |
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Por nada |
You’re welcome |
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No hay de qué |
You’re welcome |
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¿Como? |
What was that? (If you didn't understand what someone
said.) |
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Por favor |
Please |
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Con permiso. (When someone’s standing in your way) |
Excuse me. |
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Disculpe (to get someone’s attention) |
Excuse me. |
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Perdon (if you accidently bump into someone) |
Excuse me. |
Los meses del año |
Months of the year |
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enero |
January |
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febrero |
February |
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marzo |
March |
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abril |
April |
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mayo |
May |
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junio |
June |
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julio |
July |
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agosto |
August |
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septiembre |
September |
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octubre |
October |
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noviembre |
November |
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deciembre |
December |
What month is Martin Luther King Day celebrated in? A: Enero
What month is Valentines Day celebrated in? A: febrero
What month is Pi day celebrated in? A: marzo
What month is April fools day celebrated in? A: abril
What month is Mothers day celebrated in? A: mayo
What month is Fathers day celebrated in? A: junio
What month is Independence Day celebrated in? A: julio
What month doesn’t have any major holidays celebrated? A:
agosto
What month is Labor Day celebrated in? A: septiembre
What month is Halloween celebrated in? A: octubre
What month is Thanksgiving celebrated in? A: noviembre
What month is Christmas celebrated in? A: deciembre
Merrik Saunders
1. For this I am doing Tú vs. Usted. For Tú it is informal and used for people of equal or a lower age than you. Ud is used for people that are older than you and for people you respect. It is formal. An example for it would be for asking some one “How are you?” ?Como estas? Is the informal and used for a friend and ¿Como esta? is formal and used for an adult. The different letter is the s at the end. For other phrases are different for Tú and Ud like:
What’s your name? is ¿Cómo te lamas (tú)? or ¿Cómo se llama (ud).
Where are you from? is ¿De dónde eres (tú)? or ¿De dónde es(ud)?
How old are you? is ¿Cuántos años tienes (tú)? or ¿Cuántos años tiene (ud)?
An Adult talking to there kid:
A: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?
K: Bien, gracias. ¿Y Usted?
A: Más o menos.
2. This is the alphabet in español
A: ah [in English this would be an a. You must remember to use ah and make its sound.]
B: beh [in español to say B it would be a softer sound than English]
C: seh [same as the s sound for English]
CH: cheh [same for English]
D: deh [similar to English]
E: eh [in español to say E it is softer than English E]
F: efeh [its similar to the English way]
G: heh [very different more like a H sound]
H: ah-cheh [close to the English ha choo for sneezing but always silent in words]
I: eee [sounds like a long E]
J: ho-ta [very different than the English way]
K: ka [just like the englesh way but instead of just K sound you use an A sound with it]
L: eleh [it is close to the English way and some small differentness]
LL: elleh [close to single L]
M: emeh [close to English but adds E at beginning]
N: eneh [same as M but changed wit the N]
Ñ: enyeh [like N buy a Y sound in the middle of it]
O: oh [sounds like a long O]
P: peh [sounds like pee but instead of the end E there is a H]
Q: cooooo [sound of a long O with a C on the front]
R: ereh [sounds like M and N but with a R]
S: eseh [same as R, M, and N]
T: teh [close to the English way]
U: ooo [a long O sound]
V: veh [sounds like B but more of a V sound]
W: dobleh veh [dobleh sounds like the English double]
X: eh-quis [nothing like the English way]
Y: eee gree -eh-gah [combo of long E GR sound with long E,
short E, and blah but replace BL with G]
Z: zetah [it is close to Zelda]
How to spell your name.
M E R R I K
Emeh eh ereh ereh eee ka
3.Hear are the days of the week:
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Lunes |
Monday |
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Martes |
Tuesday |
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Miércoles |
Wednesday |
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Jueves |
Thursday |
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Viernes |
Friday |
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Sábado |
Saturday |
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Domingo |
Sunday |
To ask what day it today? is ¿Qué día es hoy?
A response is Hoy es and the day it is.
To ask what day is it tomorrow? is ¿Qué día es mañana?
A response is Hoy es and the next day of the week.
The days of the week are not capitalized like in English.
How to answer that question
Hace (mucho) frío, calor, viento, sol, fresco= It’s (very) cold, hot, windy, sunny, cool.
To say raining you will say
Está lloviendo/ Llueve= It’s raining/ It rain
To say it’s snowing you will say
Está nevando/ Nieva= It’s snowing/ It snows
To say Its cloudy you will say
Está nublado
When, Where, and How you will use this
When- you will use it when someone or if you want to ask someone the whether
How- You will use it in a proper tone because it’s a question
Where- you can use this any where
Examples
(Hoy means today and Manana means tommorow)
Elderly women ask- Que Tiempo hace hoy en filadelphia
You: Hoy hace viento or Hace viento
Sister ask- Que tiempo hace manana?
You: Manana hace fresco
The reason you will just say manana because manana means tommorow, so you will say hace.
You can use this anywhere.
For example if you want to ask your mom for the weather for school.
By: Imani Rothwell and Amanda Cartagena
The weather and seasons are very important to learn in any language. You have to make sure of proper spelling and puctioation when writing the seasons. Here are the four seasons. Here are the
Las Estaciones (Seasons)
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Winter |
El Vireno |
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Spring |
La Primavera |
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Summer |
El verano |
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Fall |
El Otoño |
El Tiempo
The next thing I went to teach you is how to ask what the weather is like in Spanish.
English) What’s the weather like?
Spanish) ¿Qué tiempo hace?
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It’s very cold |
Hace (mucho) frîo |
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It’s very warm |
Hace (mucho) calor |
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It’s very windy |
Hace (mucho) viento |
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It’s very sunny |
Hace (mucho) sol |
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It’s very cool |
Hace (mucho) fresco |
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It’s raining |
Esta’ lloviendo. |
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It’s snowing |
Esta’ nevando |
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It’s cloudy |
Esta’nublado |
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a |
aha |
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b |
beh |
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c |
seh |
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d |
deh |
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e |
eh |
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f |
efeh |
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g |
hey |
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h |
acheh |
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i |
eeeeeee |
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j |
hota |
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k |
kah |
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l |
eleh |
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m |
emeh |
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n |
eneh |
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Ñ |
enyeh |
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o |
o |
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p |
peh |
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q |
coooo |
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r |
ereh |
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s |
eseh |
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t |
teh |
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u |
ooooo |
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v |
beh |
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w |
doble |
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x |
equis |
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y |
griega |
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z |
seta |
This is the Spanish alaphbet. This shows how to properly prononce the letters.
If someone asked me to spell my name (Robbie) it would be ereh o beh beh eeeeee eh.
La Fecha:
¿Cuál es la fecha? = What is the date?
¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? = What is today's date?
when answering these questions you would say:
Es el (numero) de(mesa) It is (number) of (month)
When writing the months in Espanol, The months is always lowercased.
When someone asked: ¿Cuál es la fecha?/¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?
The other person respond: Es el julio de cuatro
Real life application: Asking what's the date and writing it down in the proper way.
To ask someone what day is today in spanish you say "¿Qué dia es hoy?"
If you want to say "it's" in spanish you say "Es", before you say a day you say "Es jueves (Thursday)"
"Today" in Spanish is "hoy"
Day in Spanish is "dias"
Don't get mixed up with American ways of writing days of the week. *NOTE* - the days of the week en espanol are not capitalized.
lunes - Monday
martes - Tuesday,
miércole - Wednesday
jueves - Thursday
viernes - Friday
sábado - Saturday
domingo - Sunday
When someone asked you, "¿Qué día es hoy?" (which means: What day is today?) you reply, "Es viernes" [It is Friday]
For the calendar when someone ask you, "¿Qué día de la semana es el 5 de Octubre? you respond, "el martes"
Semana = week.
Real life Application: When someone is asking what is today or the days of the week.
This post will teach you the seasons of the the year
in espánol and how to pronounce them.
Winter-->El inverno
Spring--La primavera
Summer--El verano
Fall--El otóno
Winter:( L)-inveer-no
Spring: La pre-ma-vera
Summer: (L)-ver-ah-no
Fall: (L)-on-tone-yo
Real Life Application: How to read/write the seasons in espánol.
To ask someone what day is today in spanish you say "¿Qué dia es hoy?"
If you want to say "it's" in spanish you say "Es", before you say a day you say "Es jueves (Thursday)"
"Today" in Spanish is "hoy"
Day in Spanish is "dias"
Don't get mixed up with American ways of writing days of the week. *NOTE* - the days of the week en espanol are not capitalized.
lunes - Monday
martes - Tuesday,
miércole - Wednesday
jueves - Thursday
viernes - Friday
sábado - Saturday
domingo - Sunday
When someone asked you, "¿Qué día es hoy?" (which means: What day is today?) you reply, "Es viernes" [It is Friday]
For the calendar when someone ask you, "¿Qué día de la semana es el 5 de Octubre? you respond, "el martes"
Semana = week.
Real life Application: When someone is asking what is today or the days of the week.
