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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:26 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:27 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:31 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:33 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:40 am
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Some Basic Phrases
-> ¡Buenos días! bway-nohs dee-ahs Hello! / Good morning!
-> ¡Buenas tardes! bway-nahs tard-ays Good afternoon!
-> ¡Buenas noches! bway-nahs noh-chays Good evening! / Good night!
-> ¡Hola! /¡Chao! oh-lah / chow Hi! / Bye!
-> Adiós. ah-dee-ohs Good bye.
->Por favor. por fah-bor Please.
-> Hasta la vista / Hasta luego. ah-stah lah vees-tah / ah-stah loo-ay-go See you / See you later.
-> Hasta pronto. ah-stah prohn-toh See you soon.
-> Hasta mañana. ah-stah mahn-yahn-ah See you tomorrow.
-> (Muchas) Gracias. (moo-chahs) grah-see-ahs Thank you (very much).
-> De nada. day nah-dah You're welcome.
-> Bienvenidos byen-veh-nee-dohs Welcome
-> Lo siento loh see-ehn-toh I'm sorry
-> Con permiso/ Perdón kohn pehr-mee-soh / pehr-dohn Excuse me / Pardon
->¡Vamos! bah-mohs Let's go!
-> ¿Cómo está usted? koh-moh ay-stah oo-sted How are you? (formal)
-> ¿Cómo estás? koh-moh ay-stahs How are you? (informal)
-> ¿Qué tal? kay tahl How's it going?
-> Bien / Muy bien bee-ehn / moy bee-ehn Good / Very good
-> Mal / Muy mal / Más o menos mahl / moy mahl / mahs oh may-nohs Bad / Very bad / OK
-> Sí / No see / noh Yes / No
-> ¿Cómo se llama usted? koh-moh say yah-mah oo-sted What is your name? (formal)
-> ¿Cómo te llamas? koh-moh tay yah-mahs What is your name? (informal)
-> Me llamo... may yah-moh My name is...
-> Mucho gusto. /Encantado. moo-choh goo-stoh / en-cahn-tah-doh Nice to meet you.
-> Igualmente. ee-guahl-mehn-tay Same here.
-> Señor / Señora / Señorita sayn-yor / sayn-yor-ah / sayn-yor-ee-tah Mister / Mrs. / Miss
-> ¿De dónde es usted? day dohn-day ehs oo-sted Where are you from? (formal)
-> ¿De dónde eres? day dohn-day eh-rehs Where are you from? (informal)
-> Yo soy de... yoh soy day I'm from...
-> ¿Cuántos años tiene usted? quahn-tohs ahn-yohs tee-ay-nay oo-sted How old are you? (formal)
->¿Cuántos años tienes? quahn-tohs ahn-yohs tee-ayn-ays How old are you? (informal)
-> Yo tengo _____ años. yoh tayn-goh _____ ahn-yohs I am _____ years old.
-> ¿Habla usted español? ah-blah oo-sted eh-spahn-yol Do you speak Spanish? (formal)
-> ¿Hablas ingles? ah-blahs een-glehs Do you speak English? (informal)
-> (No) Hablo... noh ah-bloh I (don't) speak...
-> ¿Entiende usted? / ¿Entiendes? ehn-tyen-deh oo-sted / ehn-tyen-dehs Do you understand? (formal / informal)
-> (No) Entiendo. noh ehn-tyen-doh I (don't) understand.
-> Yo (no lo) se. yoh noh loh seh I (don't) know.
-> ¿Puede ayudarme? pweh-deh ah-yoo-dar-meh Can you help me?
-> Claro que sí klah-roh keh see Of course
-> ¿Cómo? koh-moh What? Pardon me?
-> ¿Dónde está / Dónde están...? dohn-deh eh-stah / dohn-deh eh-stahn Where is ... / Where are ... ?
-> Aquí ah-kee Here.
-> Hay / Había... eye / ah-bee-ah There is / are... / There was / were...
-> Cómo se dice ____ en español? koh-moh seh dee-ceh ___ on eh-spahn-yol How do you say ____ in Spanish?
-> Qué es esto? keh ehs ehs-toh What is that?
-> ¿Qué te pasa? keh teh pah-sah What's the matter (with you)?
-> No importa. noh eem-por-tah It doesn't matter.
-> Qué pasa? keh pah-sah What's happening?
-> No tengo ninguna idea. noh tehn-goh neen-goo-nah ee-deh-ah I have no idea.
-> Estoy cansado / enfermo. eh-stoy kahn-sah-doh / ehn-fehr-moh I'm tired / sick.
-> Tengo hambre / sed. tehn-goh ahm-breh / sed I'm hungry / thirsty.
-> Tengo calor / frío. tehn-goh kah-lohr / free-oh I'm hot / cold.
-> Estoy aburrido. eh-stoy ah-boo-ree-doh I'm bored.
-> No me importa. noh meh eem-por-tah I don't care.
-> No se preocupe. noh seh preh-oh-koo-peh Don't worry
-> Está bien. ehs-tah bee-ehn That's alright.
-> Me olvidé. meh ohl-vee-deh I forgot.
-> Me tengo que ir ahora. meh tehn-goh keh eer ah-oh-rah I have to go now.
-> ¡Salud! sah-lood Bless you!
-> ¡Felicitaciones! feh-lee-see-tah-see-oh-nehs Congratulations!
-> ¡Buena suerte! bweh-nah swehr-teh Good luck!
-> Te toca a ti. teh toh-kah ah tee It's your turn. (informal)
-> ¡Callate! kah-yah-teh Shut up!
-> Te amo. tay ah-moh I love you. (informal and singular)
Notice that Spanish has informal and formal ways of saying things. This is because there is more than one meaning to "you" in Spanish (as well as in many other languages.) The informal you is used when talking to close friends, relatives, animals or children. The formal you is used when talking to someone you just met, do not know well, or someone for whom you would like to show respect (a professor, for example.) There are also two ways to say you in the plural, used when speaking to more than one person.
Encantado, cansado, enfermo, and aburrido are the masculine forms of the words. If the words refer to a woman or are spoken by a woman, then the o changes to a.
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