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Episode #001: Your first conversation in Spanish

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Recap

Greetings

Hello = Hola
How are you? = ¿Qué tal?
How are you? = ¿Cómo estás?
How are you doing? = ¿Qué tal estás?

You can answer the same thing to each of these questions:

Very well = Muy bien or Bien

The full version is:

I ́m very well, thank you. = Estoy muy bien, gracias.

(But usually people just says “muy bien” or “bien”).

However, there are many options, dependant on how you are feeling.

Here are some of them:

Really well = Súper bien
Phenomenal = Fenomenal
Great = Genial
Wonderful = De maravilla

When you are feeling under the weather:

Not good = Mal
Very bad = Muy mal
Struggling on = Aquí, tirando (Literally: Here, pulling)
Terrible = Fatal

When you are neither one thing nor the other:

Okayish = Más o menos (Lit. More or less)
Normal = Regular (This actually has a negative connotation. It means you are not good.)

Then to reply to someone’s question:

And you? = ¿Y tú?
I ́m very well, too. = Estoy muy bien, también or just, Muy bien, también.

  Example dialogue 1:

– Hola, ¿qué tal?
– Muy bien, ¿y tú?
– Fenomenal, gracias.
– Me alegro.

  Example dialogue 2:

– Hola, ¿cómo estás?
– bien, gracias. ¿Y tú?
– Muy bien también.

Further examples of greetings:

What ́s new? = ¿Qué hay?
What ́s happening = ¿Qué pasa?
Typically, you respond to these two greetings with:
Nothing, here (just here) = Nada, aquí.

  Example dialogue:

– Hola, ¿qué hay?
– Nada, aquí. ¿Y tú?
– Nada, aquí también.

Introductions

What’s your name? = ¿Cómo te llamas?
My name is Albert = Me llamo Albert

Native speakers would say just the name:

– ¿Cómo te llamas?
– Albert

Saying ‘nice to meet you’:

Nice to meet you (woman) = Encantada de conocerte.
Nice to meet you (man) = Encantado de conocerte.
Nice to meet you (woman, short) = Encantada.
Nice to meet you (man, short) = Encantado.

  Example dialogue:

– ¿Cómo te llamas?
– Albert, ¿y tú?
– Margarita. Encantada.
– Encantado.

General questions in a plane

Going to Spain on holidays:
Are you going to Spain on holidays? = ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
Yes, I’m going on holidays = Sí, voy de vacaciones.

Going to Spain for work:
Are you going to Spain on holidays? = ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
No, I’m going for work = No, voy por trabajo.

Going to Spain to visit a friend:
Are you going to Spain on holidays? = ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
No, I’m going to visit a friend = No, voy a visitar a un amigo.

Going to Spain to visit your family:
Are you going to Spain on holidays? = ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
No, I’m going to visit my family = No, voy a visitar a mi familia.

Going to Spain to visit your brother:
Are you going to Spain on holidays? = ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
No, I’m going to visit my brother = No, voy a visitar a mi hermano.

  Example dialogue:

– ¿Vas a España de vacaciones?
– No, voy por trabajo. ¿Y tú?
– Yo voy de vacaciones.

Asking and saying where are you from

Are you from Valencia? = ¿Eres de Valencia?
Yes, I’m from Valencia = Sí, soy de Valencia
¿De dónde eres? = Where are you from?
I’m from Newcastle = Soy de Newcastle
I’m from a village near Newcastle = Soy de un pueblo cerca de Newcastle

  Example dialogue:

– ¿Eres de Valencia?
– Sí, soy de Valencia. ¿Y tú? ¿De dónde eres?
– Soy de Newcastle.

Saying goodbye.

Goodbye or bye bye = Adiós.

See you later = Hasta luego.

Hope all goes well = Que vaya muy bien.

Have a good day = Que tengas un buen día.

  Example dialogue:

– Bueno, ¡hasta luego!
– Adiós, ¡que vaya bien!
– Igualmente.

Flashcards

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Notes

Note 1: If you want to greet someone in the street without stopping to speak you can simply say, “Hasta luego.”

Note 2 : The Spanish do not normally use: “Hasta la vista (baby).” Leave that for Arnold.

Funny enough in the Spanish version of Terminator that line is: Sayonara, baby. (Japanese).

And that’s all! Hope you learnt something new today 🙂

¡Hasta luego!

Raquel.

 

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