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Thank you!
Gracias
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Hola!
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English Spanish
Hello/ Hi! Hola!
Good morning! Buenos das!
Good afternoon!/evening! Buenas tardes!
Good night! Buenas noches!
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Good morning = Buenos das!
(masculine)But
Good afternoon = Buenas tardes!
(feminine)
Adjectives take male and female formsdepending on the gender of the subject
Sincedasis masculine we usedBuenosandtardesfeminine hence we useBuenas
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We always use plural forms for greetings like
Good morning = Buenos das!
Good afternoon = Buenas tardes!
Bothdasandtardesareplural hence an 's' is added
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1 Greetings and pleasantries
Lesson objectives
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The first greeting we will look at is 'Welcome' - usewhen welcoming someone to your house
The Spanish word for 'welcome' is a combination otwo words
Welcome = Well + coming / arrival
Well =Bien
coming / arrival = venido (for males)/venida (for females)
Greetings
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Welcome(welcoming someone
to your house)
Bienvenido
(welcoming a ma
Bienvenida(welcoming a
female)
Greetings
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When welcoming a female, useBienvenid
When welcoming a male, useBienvenido
Remember, we end with 'a' for feminineforms and 'o' for masculine!
So remember!
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Let's look at the forms of 'Welcome' if wewere to welcome a group of people
Moving on...
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Welcome(welcoming someone
to your house)
Bienvenidos
(group of malemixed group)
Bienvenidas
(group of femal
Greetings
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Remember, we add an 's' at the end forplural forms!
When welcoming a group of men / mixedgroup useBienvenidos
When welcoming a group of womenuseBienvenidas
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Let's now look at : Nice to meet you
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The common phrase for 'Nice to meet youliterally translates to 'Much pleasure'
in Spanish
Greetings
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Much =MuchoPleasure =Gusto
Greetings
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Did you notice the pronunciation
of'mucho'?
We earlier learnt that'h'is always silentin Spanish...
However when combined with cit ispronounced as 'ch'as in 'church'
Pronunciation tip
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Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
As we saw...
Literally : Much pleasure
Mucho = Much
Gusto = Pleasure
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Let's now look at how we will say 'sorryin Spanish...
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Sorry Lo siento
Greetings
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English Spanish
Welcome Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s)
Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
Sorry Lo siento
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Lets move forward and look at how we sa
excuse me in Spanish
Just like in English, excuse me may be usefor two purposes either to beg pardon o
to seek someones attention
Lets look at both these forms...
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Excuse me
(begging pardon)Perdn
Greetings
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Excuse me!
(seeking attention)Disclpeme
Greetings
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Disclpeme! is pronounced asDee-skool-pe-me
With the sound of 'pe' like in 'pet'and 'me' like in 'met'
Grammar tip
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Let's now look at 'please'
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Please Por favor
Greetings
Por = For
Favor = Favour
Literally : Asking for favor
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Let's revise!
English Spanish
Welcome Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s)
Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
Sorry Lo siento
Excuse me (begging pardon) Perdn
Excuse me! (seeking attention) Disclpeme!
Please Por favor
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Thank you Gracias
Greetings
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Pronunciation tip
There's a key difference in how 'Gracias'is pronounced in Europen Spanish vs. Latin AmericanSpanish
'C' when followed by e/i is pronounced as 'the/thi'in European Spanish and'se/si'in LatinAmerican Spanish
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Pronunciation tip
Hence we will say 'Gra-thee-as'in European Spanish and'Gra-see-as'in Latin American Spanish
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Moving on...
Let's now look at 'Fine, thank you'
'Fine' translates to 'Bien'in Spanish
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Fine, thank you Bien, gracia
Greetings
Bien = Fine/ Well
i i i
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Pronunciation tip
Again, we say 'Bien, gra-thee-as'in Europe and'Bien, gra-see-as'inLatin America
M i
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Moving on...
Now that you know how to say 'thank you' let's also look at how we reply to 'thank you'
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Moving on...
In Spanish, 'You're welcome' or the reply to 'Thank you' literally translates to 'It's nothing' or 'Ofnothing' loosely meaning 'Don't thank me for anything'
Of =De
Nothing =Nada
G ti
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Youre welcome(reply to thank you)
De nada
Greetings
De = Of,Nada = Nothing
Literally : 'it's nothing' / 'of nothing'
meaning 'don't thank me for anything'
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Moving on...
Let's now look at the final greeting forthe day : Bye!
Greetings
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Bye! Adis!
Greetings
Also translated as Hasta
luego!which means 'Until then!'
Pronunciation tip
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Did you notice the accent on the ''in Adi
If a word is marked with an accent, thenthat syllable receives the stress
Pronunciation tip
Culturally Speaking
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An informal alternative to Adis! insome areas is Chao!
Culturally Speaking
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Excuse me!
(seeking attention)
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Solution
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Excuse me! Disclpeme
Solution
Try yourself
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Bye!
Try yourself
Solution
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Bye! !Adis!
Solution
Try yourself
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Sorry
Try yourself
Solution
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Sorry Lo siento
Solution
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Please
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Solution
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Please Por favor
Solution
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You're welcome
(in reply to Thank you)
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Solution
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You're welcome De nada
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Nice to meet you
y
Solution
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Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
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Excuse me
(begging pardon)
y
Greetings
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Excuse me
(begging pardon)Perdn
g
As we saw!
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English Spanish
Welcome Bienvenido(s)/Bienvenida(s)
Nice to meet you Mucho gusto
Sorry Lo siento
Excuse me (begging pardon) Perdn
Excuse me! (seeking attention) Disclpeme!
Please Por favor
Bye! Adis!
Thank you Gracias
Fine, thank you Bien, gracias
You're welcome De nada
Culture leaf
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Some English subtleties / polite words arnot as widely used in Spanish
This may make the languagesound brash at firstbut thats
not really true...
Culture leaf
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Eg: You may notice thatpor favorisnt as widelyused as please in English
Instead of adding extra words (likepor favor), wjust turn a request into a question and its consider
just as polite
Eg: Abres la ventana?
(Can) you (please) open the window?
Although we dont really translate the please
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As we saw with !, did you notice the ?in
Abres la ventana?
In Spanish all questions start with a '' andend with a '?'
The '' is used to communicate the tone of thestatement (question tone) in the beginning itself
Whats next?
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Very well! Now that you know how to mee
and greet, the next lesson will cover somessential topics needed for moving on to
conversational modules
Next lesson will focus onpersonal pronounand their usage with examples
Credits
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Content
Team CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga,Tomasa Merino Martin
Voice over
Jorge Garcia Rey
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See you at the Alley!
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Lesson 3 | Personal pronouns