VocabularioSaludos y Despedidas

Greetings and Goodbyes

Buenos díasBway- nose Dee-us

Good morning

Buenas tardesBway-naws Tar-days

Good afternoon

Buenas nochesBway-naws No-chays

Good evening

HolaOh-LaHello

¿Cómo te llamas? (informal)COH-moh Tay Yaw-moss

What is your name?

¿Cómo se llama? (formal)COH-moh Say Yaw-maw

What is your name?

My name is…

Me llamo…May Yaw-moh

Look at the phrases below and say them to yourself.

¿Cómo te llamas? COH-moh Tay Yaw-moss

¿Cómo se llama? COH-moh Say Yaw-maw

Me llamo May Yaw-moh

• What sound is the letter “ll” making?• Any time you see the letter “ll” in Spanish it ALWAYS

makes the “y” sound.

Encantado(a)In-can-taw-doh

Delighted

The word “Encantado” looks like the word “Enchanted.”

Enchanted and Delighted are synonyms (two words that mean almost the same thing)

The Princess from the movie Enchanted, is “encantada” to meet her Prince.

In Spanish, words that describe girls and boys have to have different endings. Words that describe girls end in “a”, words that describe boys end in “o”.

Encantada

Encantado

Mucho gustoMoo-choh Goo-stoh

Pleased/Nice to meet you

Igualmente(ee-gwal-men-tay)

Likewise“Igualmente” sounds like“equally”

If you are “likewise” pleased to meet someone, you are “equally” pleased to meet them.

¿Qué pasa?Kay pah-sah

What´s up

What´s up,

NadaNah-dah

Nothing

GraciasGrah-see-aws

AdiósAh-dee-OSE

Goodbye

Hasta luegoAh-stah Loo-egg-oh

See you later

Nos vemosNohs Vay-mohs

See you

Hasta mañanaAw-staw mon-yawn-ah

See you tomorrowThe word “mañana” means both “morning” and “tomorrow”

Señor/Sr. Sin-your

Sir/Mr.

Señora/Sra.Sin-your-a

Ma´am/ Mrs.

Señorita/Srta.Sin-your-eat-a

Miss/Ms.

¿Qué tal?Kay tall

How´s it going?

¿Cómo estás?COH-moh Ay-STAHS

How are you? (informal)

¿Cómo está usted?COH-moh Ay-STAH Oo-sted

How are you? (Formal)

BienBe-in

Fine/Good

Malmawl

Bad

RegularRay-goo-lar

Regular/Ok

Fantástico(a)Fawn-TAWS-tee-coh(cah)

Fantastic

Here is another one of those words that girls and boys have to say different. Words that describe girls end in “a”, words that describe boys end in “o”.

Muymooy

Very

Enrique Iglesias es MUY guapoEnrique Igleseias is VERY handsome

¿Y tú?E 2

And you? (informal)

¿Y usted?E Oo-sted

And you? (formal)

ConversaciónesConversación Básico

A: Buenos días. B: Hola.A: Me llamo Carlitos. ¿Y tú?B: Me llamo Rosalía. Mucho gusto.A: Encantado.B: AdiósA: Hasta luego.

A: Buenas noches. ¿Cómo se llama?B: Me llamo Sra. Martinez. ¿Y usted?A: Me llamo Sr. Perez. EncantadoB: Igualmente.A: Hasta luego.B: Nos vemos.

¿Qué significa?Kay Sig-nif-ee-ca

What does it mean?