Objetivo By the end of the lesson, you will be able to greet and say good-bye formally and informally while taking into account culturally appropriate gestures.
Greetings To be able to greet people in Spanish
Italian Hungarian French Chinese Polish Japanese Danish German Arabic Talk partners Which languages do you know about or have you heard being spoken? Do you know anyone who or do you speak another language? Here are some examples of different languages around the world: Italian Hungarian French Chinese Polish Japanese Danish German Arabic Punjabi Greek Spanish
Where in the world is English spoken? Canada United Kingdom Ireland United States of America India South Africa Australia
Where in the world is Spanish spoken? Spain Mexico Colombia Peru Chile Argentina
Piensa: How would you greet the following people?
¡Hola! ¡Hola! This is the Spanish word for hi or hello It has a silent letter in it, can you guess which letter it is? ¡Hola! ‘h’ is always a silent letter in Spanish Can you think of some words in English that begin with an ‘h’ practice saying them without the ‘h’ at the beginning
According to the time of day ¡ Hola ! ¡ Hola ! ¡ Buenos días ! ¡ Qué tal! ¡ Buenas tardes! ¡ Buenas noches!
Nota Cultural: El contacto -What is physical contact like in the US when you greet someone? Does this vary with age of the person and social status? - In many Latino countries it is common to kiss on the cheek when you meet; especially among women and men and women greeting each other. How would this make you feel?
Spanish Goodbyes To be able to say goodbye in Spanish
¡Buenos días! ¡Hola! ¡Buenas tardes! ¡Buenas noches! Warm up! Can you remember the greetings? ¡Buenos días! ¡Hola! ¡Buenas tardes! ¡Buenas noches!
Piensa: How would you greet this person Piensa: How would you greet this person? Why might you greet him differently than a younger person?
(older people, boss, principal ¿Cómo estás How are you? ¡Estoy bien, gracias ¿y usted? Fine, thank you, and you? Formal To show more respect (older people, boss, principal Police)
To a friend, people of your same age, family ¿Cómo estás? How are you? ¡(Estoy) bien, gracias ¿y tú? Fine, thank you, and you? Informal To a friend, people of your same age, family
¡Gracias! Makes a ‘th’ sound Makes an ‘ee’ sound
(older people, boss, principal Formal To show more respect (older people, boss, principal Police) Informal To a friend ¿Cómo estás? How are you? ¿Cómo estás How are you? ¡Estoy bien, gracias ¿y usted? Fine, thank you, and you? ¡bien, gracias ¿y tú? Fine, thank you, and you?
Encantado Igualmente Es un placer El placer es mío Mucho gusto Nice to meet you! Encantado (Delighted (to meet you)) Notice that sounds like Enchanted. Igualmente Likewise (Notice that sounds like equally) Es un placer It’s a pleasure. (Cognado) El placer es mío Pleasure is mine (Cognado)
Saying goodbye Goodbye See you soon See ya Take care bye See you later How many different ways can you think of for saying goodbye in English? Do we always use the same one? Goodbye See you soon See ya Take care bye See you later Speak to you soon
¡Hasta luego! - see you later ¡Hasta mañana! - see you tomorrow Goodbye in Spanish In Spanish the main way of saying goodbye is ¡Adiós! People also use: ¡Hasta luego! - see you later ¡Hasta mañana! - see you tomorrow ¡Nos vemos! - See you.
¡Adiós! Make sure you put more effort into this sound (Bye) Make sure you put more effort into this sound Makes an ‘ee’ sound
¡Hasta luego! (See you later!) Remember the silent ‘h’
Canción de saludo: Sing to the tune of Are you Sleeping Buenos días, buenos días ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias ¿y usted? ¿y usted? (Replace “Buenos días” with “buenas noches/buenas tardes”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQ-alL8S7k
Canción de saludo: Sing to the tune of Are you Sleeping Buenas tardes, buenas tardes ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias ¿y usted? ¿y usted? (Replace “Buenos días” with “buenas noches/buenas tardes”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQ-alL8S7k
Canción de saludo: Sing to the tune of Are you Sleeping Buenas noches, buenas noches ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo estás? Muy bien, gracias. Muy bien, gracias ¿y usted? ¿y usted? (Replace “Buenos días” with “buenas noches/buenas tardes”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdQ-alL8S7k
¿Cómo te llamas? (What’s your name?!) Me llamo Señora Persin.
¿Cómo te llamas? (What’s your name?!) Soy la Señora Persin.
¿Cómo te llamas? (What’s your name?!) Mi nombre es Señora Persin.
¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?) Soy de Colombia.